The right of literary property as recognized and sanctioned by positive law . A right granted by statute to the author or originator of certain literary or artistic productions, whereby […]

the branch of the law that protects the owners of copyright from it being infringed upon or plagiarised. See infringement of copyright ; violation of copyright .

Measures of corn. An unusual and extraordinary tribute, arising only on special occasions. They are thus distinguished from services. Mentioned in connection with hidage and carvage. Cowell.

Lat Before; in presence of. Applied to persons only. Townsh. PI. 22.

Before our lord the king. Coram domino rege ubicumque tunc fu- crit Anglix, before our lord the king wherever he shall then be in England

Before the king himself. The old name of the court of king’s bench , which was originally held before the king in person. 3 Bl. Comm. 41

Before us ourselves, (the king. i. e., in the king’s or queen’s bench .) Applied to writs of error directed to another branch of the same court, e. g., from […]

In presence of a person not a judge. When a suit is brought and determined in a court which has no jurisdiction in the matter, then it is said to […]

Before the peers or freeholders. The attestation of deeds, like all other solemn transactions, was originally done only coram paribus. 2 Bl. Comm. 307. Coram paribus de vicineto . before […]

Before you. A writ of error directed by a court of review to the court which tried the cause, to correct an error in fact 3 Md. 325; 3 Steph. […]

A measure of wood, containing 128 cubic feet Kennedy v. Railroad Co., 67 Barb. (N. Y.) 177.

A measure of INFLATION at the consumer level, excluding certain items such as food and oil. See also CONSUMER PRICE INDEX , HARMONIZED INDEX OF CONSUMER PRICES, RETAIL PRICE INDEX.

To forfeit one’s skin, applied to a person condemned to be whipped; anciently the punishment of a servant. Corium perdere, the same. Cori- um redimere, to compound for a whipping. […]

In English law , a general term for any sort of grain; but in America it is properly applied only to maize. Sullins v. State, 53 Ala. 476; Kerrick v. […]

A species of protective tariff formerly in existence in England, imposing import- duties on various kinds of grain. The corn laws were abolished in 1846.

A species of tenure in England, by which the tenant was bound to blow a horn for the sake of alarming the country on the approach of an enemy. It […]

A combination among the dealers in a specific commodity, or outside capitalists, for the purpose of buying up the greater portion of that commodity which is upon the market or […]

An attempt to gain sufficient market share in an ASSET or security in order to manipulate the price for gain. Cornering attempts, which are generally illegal, are usually unsuccessful unless […]

This term is applied when the majority of a particular commodity is bought on the market and is then sold for a higher price.

A commissioned officer of cavalry, abolished in England in 1871, and not existing in the United States army

The name of a writ to exact a corody of an abbey or religious house

In old English law . A corody

In old English law . A sum of money or allowance of meat, drink, and clothing due to the crown from the abbey or other religious house, whereof it was […]

In logic. A collateral or secondary consequence , deduction, or inference.

The crown. Placita corona; pleas of the crown; criminal actions or proceedings , in which the crown was the prosecutor