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Contrabands., which bcfides Confifcation, are
rrvre arc coatraua,,a h wu.tn uc.iucs v^onmcation, arc Thofe CoatruBs arc fair! to be »»« which the Law pfohi-
D hibite3 on Pain of Deajh ; as, v. g. in France, India bits the making of; fuch are all Contrails between Perform
\> Chi"" Stuf6, Linens, fSc. incapable of contrcClivg, as Minors, Religious, Lunaticks,
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are two principal Contrabands for the Wives without Confer* of their Husbands, ~gfo
" Wools and live Sheep, which all Stran- The Word Contract is alfo ufed for the Inf+rument in Wri-
%rs arc prohibited from carrying our, on Pain of having the ting, which ferves as a Proof of the Confine granted, and the
%\X Hand cut off; the other that of Shcep-ilcins and Calf- Obligation pafs'd between the Parties.
GL which all Foreigners arc in like manner prohibited from Among the antient Romans, Contracts, and all voluntary
porting, o" Pliin alfo of havln g thc n £ nt Hand cut off: Aa s , were wrote, either by the Parties themfelves, or by one
St the Subjects of England arc allow'd to tranfport the of the WitnefTes, or by a Domgftick Secretary of one of thc
r 'c from France to England. See Wool, and Woollen t
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The other Contrabands for Exportation are raw Horns, t,: te Afh.es, Stocking Looms, or any Part thereof, Fullcrs-
W a rth, and all raw Hides, or Skins, nf Goods Contrabanded as to the Import, there are above in the Lifts made in i66z ; and yet there are 15 of 'em
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Parties, whom they call'd a Notary ; but who was no pub- lick Perfon, as among us. See Notary.
The Contract, when finifh'd was carry'd to the Magiftrate, who gave it a publick Authority by receiving it inter Acta, into the Number of Acts under his Jurifdiction ; giving each of the Parties a Copy thereof, rranfcrib'd by his Clerks of Domeftick Remitters, and fealed with his Seal.
Which Pradice pafs'd into France, where it obtainM a f Parliament whereby they were imposd, teeming to have long time. I'eftor'd 'cm to the Freedom of Importation. CONTRACTILE Force, that Power or Property inhe-
Thechiefof thofe ftill contrabanded, and not tariff' d, are rent in certain Bodies, whereby, when extended, they are w oo11en Caps, woollen Cloths, Saddles and Harnett, Dice,Bil- enabled to draw themfelves up' again, to their former Di- i; arc l,s, all forts of tann'd or drefs'd Hides, drefs'd Furs, all forts mentions.
f Shoemakers Ware, Locks, and divers forts of Cutlers For the Catife of this "Property, which is of the utmoft Ware; all painted Goods ; except Paper, Wires, Buckles, Confequence to a right undemanding of the Animal Oeco* Cold and Silver Leaf, and Horns for Lanthorns. nomy, fee Fibre.
Since the Year 1662, feveral other Commodities have been CONTRACTION, in Logicks, is defined a Species of j$jkcQiitrahand$ particularly Silk and Galloons, Laces, Em- Reduction, wherein the Thing that reduces, abridges, of broideries, Fringes, Buttons, and other Silk and Thread Ma- brings the Thing reduced into a lerter compafs! See Reeuo
- black Taffaties, call'd Alamodes, or Luteftring. tion, and Abridgment.
jmfaftures , j n ! 7 19 and 1720, an Attempt was made in Parliament
The defign of iuch Contraction is to bring Things which
fo a£ appear the more clearly, and
,af s a Bill for putting Gold and Silver, whether in Spe- before were too lax and diffufive, nearer together ; that fo vifc, among the Number of Contraband Goods their mutual Relation may appear the more clearly, and
may better Strengthen and fupport each other.
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for Exportation ; but in vain, by reafon of thc ftrong Oppo- fition made by thofe who enrich themfelves by the Export of thefe Metals ; which, by the Laws of thc Kingdom, it has always been allow'd to fend away, upon entering 'em, and paying the Duty of the Export,
It may be judg'd whether thofe who promoted the Bill were well affected to the Nation, from this, that in the (in- gle Month of September 1710, there were enter'd at the Chapters, &c. CuOomhoufe in London 468119 Ounces of Gold, and 28988 Contraction, in Phyficks, is a dimini/hjng of the Ex- Ounces of Silver ; viz. 54302 Ounces of Gold, and 4000 tent or Dimenfions of a Body ; or a bringing of its Parts Ounces of Silver for Holland ; 12320 Ounces of Gold for dofer to each other: upon which it becomes heavier, harder,
Thus, ( following the Argumentation, From that Propo* 1 fition, 'Therefore, now lam flanding, follows this other,
- Therefore, now law exifling ;' may be thus contracted,
Exiflo fequitur fum, from itanding we conclude exifling.
To this Head are refer'd the Arguments, as they are cal- led, of Poems and Orations ; the Titles and Summaries of
France; 197 Ounces of Gold, and 5648 Ounces of Silver fot Portugal - 7 and 19340 Ounces of Silver for the Eaft-In- dies, excluiive of what was exported fraudulently by private Ferfons, without paying the Duties.
This (hews, indeed, the abundance of Gold and Silver in England 5 but fhews, at the fame time, the danger it is in of being, at length, exhausted.
In Heraldry, the Bar is called a Contre-band, or Counter- \&%&\ becaufe it cuts the Shield contrary, and oppofite ways. See Bar.
They alfo fay, Contre- chevron, Contre-pal, Sec. when
&c. See Condensation.
Contraction, in this Senfe, (lands oppofed to dilatation* See Dilatation, £5?c.
All Bodies contract by Cold, and dilate or rarefy by Heat. See Cold, Heat, Rarefaction, &c t
Contraction of the Heart, Arteries, Lungs, ckc. See Systole, Heart, Artery, Pulse, g£?c.
Contraction, a Term in Medicine, frequently ufed by Anatomical Writers, to exprefs the flirinking up of a Fi- bre, or Affemblage of Fibres, when extended. See Fibre. Convulsions and Spafms proceed from a preternatural Con- there a're two Ordinaries of the farrie Nature oppofite to traction of the Fibres of the Mufdes of the Part convuls'd. each other ; fo as Colour be oppos'd to Metal, and Metal to See Convulsion.
Colour. And the Coat is (aid to be Contre or Counter-paled, On the contrary, Paralytic Diforders generally proceed Counter-banded, Counter fefs y d, Count er- compon d, Counter- from a too great laxnefs of the Fibres of the Parts affected 5 farr'd when fo divided. See Contre-Bande, f£c. or from the want of that degree of Contraction neceffary to
Counter- quartered, when one of the Quarters is quartered perform the natural Motion or Action of the Part, again ; as alfo Counter-Uo-zfer'd, Counter -colour 'd, &c. In the firfl, therefore, the Animal Spirits are fuppos'd to
Animals are faid to be Count er-paj]d?zt, when one paffes flow, either in too great a quantity, or irregularly 3 and in on one fide, and another on another. the laft, the Animal Spirits are either deny'd a free PafTage
CONTRA formam Collationis, is a Writ that lays where into the Part affected, or the Tenfion of the Fibrillie is fup- aMan has given perpetual Alms to a Religious Houfc, Hof- pos'd inefficient to promote the Circulation. pita], School, or the like, and the Governor or Managers, Contraction evidently appears to be the true natural State Save alienated the Lands, contrary to the Intention of the of all Mufcles : For if a Mufcle be at any time freed from Conor. the Power of its Antagonifl, it is immediately found to con-
Contra formam Feoffamentt, is a Writ for a Tenant tract ; and is not by any Action of the Will or the Spirits, who' is infeoffed by the Lord's Charter to make certain Suit to be reduced to a State of Dilatation. See Muscle. and Service to his Court ; and is afterwards diftrain'd for Contraction, in Grammar, the Reduction of two Vow- siore than is contain'd therein. els or Syllables into one.
CONTRACT, a mutual Confent of two or more Parties, The Greeks abound in Contractions, both in their Verbs who promife and oblige themfelves, voluntarily, to do fome- and their Nouns; as, voiS of woiia^ facio ; /Sow" of jfio«*'«, cla-
l "ing, pay a certain Sum, cr the like. See Pact, Cove- nant, &c.
Sale?, Exchanges, Donations, Leafes, &c. are fo many different Species of Contracts.
Contract is particularly ufed in CommonLaw, for an Agree- IRcn ^ or Covenant between two, with a lawful Confederation °r Caufe.
As, if 1 f e ]| mv j{ or f e fQj. Money, or Covenant, in Confi- rmation of 10 I. to make you a Leafe of a Farm 5 thefe are tyy*P°tttrafts, becaufe there is quid pro quo.
mo ; X^ vaa of ^fwfo'a, inauro ; mja of tiht^w, ambiiio 3 -miti* of mtiietf, ambulas 5 An^cS-im, of An^oc&ice©-.
The French have fome thing like it too, at lead: in their Pronunciation ; as in faoulcr, baailler t fiaon, which they pronounce fouler, bailer, pan.
CONTRADICTION, is a Species of direct opposition, wherein one thing is diametrically oppofed to another. See Opposition 5 fee alfo Contradictory,
The Schoolmen ufually define it, Oppofitio inter ens & non-ens medio carens : where, by Ens and Non-ens, are un-
Ufurious Contract, is a Contract to pay more Intereft derftood any- two Extremes, whereof one affirms and the
lor Money than the Laws allow. See Usury. other denies ; and it is faid to be medio carens, to dUtinguIih
« a a Devastavit in Execution to pay a Debt upon an Ufu- it from the other Species of Qppofition ; the Extremes,
nous Contract. See Devastavit. here, neither agreeing in Subjea, as is the Cafe in Privation}
ra Marriapp_ rhp Vttma^iff-t AiM nmtl \fti the Civil Contract, nor in Effence and Kind, as in Contrariety. See Privation,,
. . n , M . ar »agc, the Romanifli dUtinguifli
l! c J 1S the Confent of the Parties, from the Sacrament, Contrariety, g?c. Wl »ch is the Benediction of the Prieit. See Marriage.
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