CON
ws withal i ' n which Senl " e > Contra-yerva fignjfies Counter fft Root is finaller than that of th.
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Iris, reddiih with-
and white within, knotty, and fibrous. To be good, it "ft be new, heavy, and of a dufty red Colour, "in Smell it refembles Fig-leaves ; its Tafle is Aromatic,
out
mpany'd with fome Acrimony. iC %ultc is an Officinal Compoiitioi
„, Qmtrayerva. Both the Root and Lapis Contrayervi. f great efficacy in the Small Pox, Mealies, Fevers, and
"There is an umcinal Cotnpofition which takes its Name from this Root, prepared with the Teftaceous Pouders, call'd
m
.['Cafes where either a Diaphorelis' or Perfp'iration is re- u ir'd : its Suctcls being more to be depended on than the fafcaU 'Ponder i which, among the more knowing, begins ,„ lofegrounn 1 .
It is agreed on, by the generality of Writers, that the CatrOU 1 ™* K - 00t ls one ° f the Deft Anti-epidemicks yet inown. Dr. Bodges, in his Treatife of the laft Londcn- <?itgm, has a Receipt which he fays was attended with great Succefs, and of which this Root was one of the chief taredients. See Plague.
There is another Kind of Contra-yerva, brought from firgima, more ordinarily called Vipe'rine, very aromatic ; jydom prercribed, tho laid to have the fame Succefs againfl Poifons and Venoms with the Contra-yerva of 'Peru.
f CouNTER-COM- PONED.
CoUNTER-CHAN- GED.
Counter-bend.
counter-bar- See\RED.
CoUNTER-CHEV-
Ron'd.
Counter-er- mine.
CoUNTER-ES- CARTELE, ££?£.
CONTRECOMPONE. ^
CuNTRE-CHANOEB,
CoNTRE-BANDE, CoNTRE-BARRE, CoNTRE-CHEVRONNE, CoNTRE-ERMlNE,
CoNTRE-ESC ART ELE, ££<;.,
VinHeral- /dry. See
CONTRIBUTION, the Payment of eXpeS's Quo- ta, or of the Part he is to bear in fome Impofition, or com- mon Expence.
Comrikitions are either Involuntary, as thofe of Taxes and Impofts ; or Voluntary, as thofe of Expences for carry- ing on fome Undertaking for the Intereft of the Community.
In a Military Senfe, Contributions are particularly ufed for the Conventions between the Governors of the Frontier Places and the Enemy ; in order to fecure themfelves from being pillag'd and infulted.
The Peafants till their Ground under the Faith of Contri- htins, as fecurely as in time of profound Peace
CONTRIBUTIONS / a „>W*, a Writ which lies where leveral Perfons are jointly bound to the fame Thing, and one or more of 'em refufe to contribute their (hare.
E-gr. If Tenants in Common, or Joint, hold a Mill pro mdwifo, and equally fliare the Profits thereof; the Mill Ming to decay, and one or more of 'em refilling to contri- ve to its Reparation, the reft fliall have this Writ to compel them,
And if there be three Coparceners of Land that owe Suit to the Lord's Court, and the Eldefl performs the whole 5 '«n may fhc have this Writ to compel the Refufer to a wmnlution.
CONTRITION, in Theology, a real Sorrow, rebuking nom the Thought of having offended God ; from the fole "^deration of his Goodnefs; without any regard to the ™»lnment the Sin is intitlcd to. See Repentance.
Mine of the RomiJ]} Doftors avow, notwithstanding the ™ce of their Ciltlrchi that contrition is valid, and car- til n !t evcr y tmn g neceffary to obtain Pardon, without Hon. i C ?.°? y ' or as they call it, the Sacrament of Confef-
' ajd Absolution. See Confession, and Absolution. a J j.'" . the V make thc difference between Contrition ™ Attrition to confifl. See Attrition.
MS >? n-' newas latc,y maintain ' d by F. Sequenotur,-
rnC-$Sii" '■> but was cen fur'd by the Faculty of Paris. P'operh R ? L r> COMPTROLL, or CONTROLS, is, Office™ 3 n° uble Rc S ifter - ke Pt of Afls, Iffues, &c. of the «det ,1 Umm iflioncrs in the Revenue, Army, fgc. in
Truth Ti r T T ? the tme State thereof ' and to affure the "TOient q thc kee F in g of the ASs fubjecl to that Enregif-
CCjItd^ Registeix - Hence > tftaoHm-U 0LLER . « COMPTROLLER, an Officer 'Ml ■ and C °""' "' ° r t0 kee P the Reg'fler called Con- °«n aJL % , certl fy. on occafion, whether the Things have
Co^t ° rnot - Thus, we have, 6
V'h 20^?^ the K '"S' S Hovfoold, or of the Accounts Cioth. f Gre "'-Chtb. See Housholi), and Green-
c 'oNTRo r L " R G i n f l 'f 'he Qifl.oms. See Customs. "Poller j the Navy. See Navy.
Controller of the Mint. ? SMint
Controller of the Sxeife.S CExcise
Controller of the Accomft of the Army -of the Chafif. her, &c. See Chamber, ($c.
Controller of the Hamper, is an Officer in Chancerv. attending the Lord Chancellor daily in Term and lei time. See Chancery.
This Officer is to take all Things feal'd from the Clerk of the Hamper, inclos'c I in Bags of Leather, and to note the juft Number and Effcft of all Things fo rcceiv'd ; and to enter em in a Book, with all the Duties belonging to the King and other Officers for the lame, and fo°charge the Clerk of the Hamper with 'em. See Hamper.
Controller of the Pipe, an Officer of the Exchequer, who writes out Summons twice a Year, to levy the Farms and Debts of the Pipe. See Pipe, and Exchequer.
He was antiently called thc Duplex I^rcfator.
Controllers of the -Tell, are Officers of the Exchequer, whereof there are two, viz. two Chamberlains Clerks, who keep a ComreU of the Pell, of Reccits, and Goings-out- Originally they took Notes of other Officers Accompts, in
A'r, to * rcover, f they did amirs. See Pell.
CONTROVER i„ Law, he who of his own Head dc- vilcs or invents falfe or feigned News CONTROVERSIAL Divinity. See Polemical Z*
CONTUMACY in Law, Contempt ■ or a Ref u r a l to ap- pear in Court when legally fummon'd.
The Word is ufed in Civil, as well as Criminal Matters ; but more rarely ,n the firfl, wherein the Word Defaut or- dmardy fuppl.es its Place : The Refunding of the Charges of a Defaut judg d at the hearing is alio the Penalty of Con- tumacy. '
In a Criminal Senfe, the Contumacious is condemn'd, not becaule the Crime is proved on him, but becaufe he is ab- fent. By the Roman Laws, there was no Piocefs in care of Contumacy, during the firfl Year ofabfence : they only took an Inventory of the Goods of the Fugitive, and if he died in the Year, he died integri flatus ; but after the Year was expir d he was deem'd culpable.
In England, Contumacy is ptofcctited to Outlawry. See Outlawry.
In France, all Contumacies are annull'd, if the Accufcd make his Appearance in five Years; if he die in that Time, his Relations are permitted to purge his Memory _ CONTUSION, Sruife, in Medicine, a Solution of Con- tinuity, either in Flefti or Bone, occaflon'd by a Fall a Blow or a violent Preffure, whereby the Flefh is broke, the Skin Hill remaining entire ; and an EfFufion of Blood enfaes, from ieveral little broken Veffels, fo as to difcolour the Skin tho it don t make its way thro' the Pores thereof.
Or, Contufwns may be defin'd a particular fort of Tumors attended with a Stagnation of the Blood in the Part affec- ted ; and, generally, with an Inflammation, Difcolouration, and Pam. See Tumour.
Contujions are either internal, or external. When from any external Injury, there proceeds an inrernal Diforder, e.gr. an Afthma, (pitting of Blood, or the like, the Contu- Jton is (aid to be internal. If only external Symptoms ap- pear, as a Tumour, Blacknefs, ($c. it is term'd external.
In cafe of inward Contllflons, bleeding the Patient is ne- ceffary, and balfamicks mill be given internally fuch are Spermaceti, Pouder of Rhubarb, Irifli Slate, oleaginous and pecloral Medicines, fge. Externals proper for Contujions, arc Liniments or Ointments of Marfhmallows, Oil of fweet Al- monds, Spirit of Wine with Camphire ; proper Fomenta- tions and flrengthning Emplaiflers ; as that of Oxycraceum, (5c. according as the Nature of the Contufion and Part cou- nts d requires.
CONVENT, a Monaflery of Religious, of the one of the other Sex. See Monastery.
The Word comes from the Latin Convent us, Meeting of Convemre. °
CONVENTICLE, a diminutive of Convent ; denotin" properly, a Cabal or fecret Affembly of a Part of the Monks of a Convent, to make a brigue in the Eleflion of an Abbot; _ From the ill Ufe of thefe Affemblies, the Word is come into difrepute j and now (lands for any leditious or irregular Affembly. °
F. JDoacitte obferves, the Occidentals always efteem'd the Vth General Council an unlawful Conventicle;
The Term Conventicle is faid by fome to have been firfl attributed, in England, to the Schools of JVickliff '.- Now it is apply d to the Meetings of Nonconformifts.
CONVENTION, a Treaty, Contrac! or Agreement be- tween two or more Parties. See Treaty, &c.
Every Convention between Men, provided it be not con- trary to Honefty and good Manners, produces a natural Obli- gation, and makes the Performance a Point of Coafcience. See Obligation.
Every
