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occafion Tears, and the Mufcles of the Face, putting them into an Afpect of crying.
Dr. Willis, quoted by the Reverend Mr. tDerham, im- putes the Pleafure of Rifling, and its Effects in exciting Love, and even Lechery, to this Pair of Nerves ; which be- ing branch'd both to the Lips and the genital Parts, when the former are affected, an Irritation is occafion'd in ter : And Dr. Sachs judges it to be from the Coi the Labia Uteri with the Labia Oris, that a breeding L: dy, frighted with the light of fcabby Lips, had Puftules of the like kind broke out in the Labia Uteri.
CONSEQUENCE, in Philofophy, the Conclufion of a Rcafoning, or Argument. See Conclusion.
Thus, we fay, two Premifes of a Syllogifm being granted, the Confequence mull alfo be granted. See Syllogism.
In a more reftrain'd Signification, Confequence is ufed for the Relation or Connection between two Propofitions, where- of one follows, or is infer'd from the other. Thus : It is an Animal, and therefore perceives.
CONSEQUENT, the laft Propofition of an Argument ; being Tome thing deduced or gather'd from a preceding Ar- gumentation.
An Enthymeme only contains two Propofitions, the Ante- cedent, and Sequela, or Confequent : If the Antecedent be abfurd, the Confequent muft be fo too. See Enthymeme.
Consequent, in a more precife Senfe, is ufed for the Pro- pofition which contains the Conclufion, confider'd in it felf, and without any regard to the Antecedent : In which Senfe, the Confequent may be true, tho the Confequence be falfe.
For Inftance; Virtue ought to be rewarded; therefore Temperance is a Virtue. See Proposition.
Consequent of a Ratio, in Arithmetick, the latter of two Terms of a Ratio ; or that to which the Antecedent is refer'd. See Ratio, and Proportion.
Thus, in a : b, or a to b, b is the Confequent, a- the An- tecedent. See Antecedent.
CONSERVATOR, an Officer eftablifh'd for the Secu- rity and Prefcrvation of the Privileges granted fome Cities, Bodies, and Communities ; or, a Perfon who has a Com- miflion to judge of and decide the Differences arifing among them.
In mod Cafholick Universities, there" are two Conferva- tors ; the Confervator of Royal Privileges, or thofe granted by Kings ; and the Confervator of Apoftolical Privileges, or thofe granted by the Pope.
The firft takes cognizance of Perfonal and Mixt Caufes, between the Regents, Students, fgc. and the latter of Spi- ritual Matters between Ecclefiafticks.
Antiently, there were appointed Confervators of Treaties of Peace between Princes ; which Confervators became Judges of the Infractions made on a Treaty, and were charg'd with the procuring Satisfaction to be made. Thefe were ufuaily Feudatories of each Prince.
In lieu of Confervators, Princes now have recourfe to other indifferent Princes to Guarantee the Treaties. See Gua- rantee.
Conservator of the 'Peace, in our antient Cufloms, was a Perfon who had an efpecial Charge, by Virtue of his Of- fice, to fee the King's Peace kept. See Peace.
Till the Erection of Juftices of the Peace by King Ed- ward III. there were feveral Perfons, who by Common Law were interefled in keeping the fame : Some having that Charge as incident to other Offices ; others (imply, or of it- felf, called Cuftodes, or Confervators of the 'Peace. See Justice.
The Chamberlain of Chefler is ftill a Confervator in that County ; and Petty Conftables are, by the Common Law, Confervators, &c. in the firft Senfe.
CONSERVATORY, in Gardening. See Green-Am//?.
CONSERVE, in Pharmacy and Confectionry, a dry Con- feet, or Form of Medicine, or Food, contrived to preferve the Flowers, Herbs, Roots, Peels, or Fruits of feveral Sim- ples, as near as poflible to what they were when frefh ga- ther'd; and to give them an agreeable Tafte. See Confect.
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This Confideration is either exprefs'd 5 as if a Mar. bar- gain to give ten Guineas for a Horfe : or implied, when the Law it felf enforces a Confideration ; as if a Man coining into an Inn, take Meat, Drink, and Lodging for himfeif ant the Law prefumes he intends to pay f or 'em, tho
and his Holt ; may Hop his
\ wi 1 lcn 'here be no exprefs Contract between him a the lat- and if he difcharge not the Houfe, the Holt nlent oi Horfe. See Assumpsit.
to their being deliver 'd to the Perfons to whom they are adjudg'd ; or voluntarily, in order to their being remitted
Perfons they belong to, or fent to the Piaces they are
l for.
Conferees are made by beating up the Thing to be pre- fcrv'd with a quantity of Sugar ; viz. a triple Quantity thereof to thofe which are moll moift and corruptible, and a dnub'e Quantity to fuch as are leafl fo.
The Phyficians, under the Name of Conferves, commonly comprehend all Kinds of Confects of Flowers, Fruits, Roots, Seeds, Barks, $3c. both liquid and dry.
Thus, e.gr. to make Conferve of Rofes, Rofemary Flow- ers, Sage Flowers, or the like ; they pound 'em in a ftone Mortar, and when pounded, put to 'em fine Sugar, in a Giafs clofe ftop'd up.
For Fruits, as Currants, lye. they fet 'em on the Fire to make 'em calf their Juice, then drain and lirain 'em, and thicken what comes from 'em over the Fire, and add it to the Sugar. See Preserve.
CONSIDERATION, in Law, the Material Caufe, the a -td fro quo of any Contract, and without which no Con- tract binds. See Contract, Pact, i£c.
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Consignment of Goods, is the delivering or making them over : Thus, Goods are faid to be confign'd to a Faftor, when they are fent to him to be fold, &c. or when a Faftor fends back Goods to his Principal, they are faid to be confign'd to him. See Factor.
CONSISTENCE, a State of Reft, wherein Things eata- ble of Growth, or Decreafe, continue for fome time at a Hand, without either.
The Term is particularly ufed with regard to Trees, for the Age beyond which they don't grow, and yet at which they don t decline. See Tree, &c.
The Confiftence of the Age of an Oak, is from 50 to i5o Tears : Some, however, hold that their Confiftence only com- mences from 100 Years ; afferting that they grow till that time, and that they continue in that State of Perfection to 200 Years of Age.
Thus we diftinguifh three States or Stages of a Tree ; its Growth, Confiftence, and Return : and thefe are common to all Trees, even Fruit-Trees.
Consistence, in Phyficks, is that State of a Body where- in its component Panicles are fo connected, or intangled among themfelves, as not to feparate or recede from each other. See Cohesion.
Confiftence only differs from Continuity in this, that Con- fiftence implies a regard to Motion or Reft, which Conti- nuity does not ; it being fufficient to denominate a thing continuous, that its Parts are contiguous to each other. See Continuity.
Confiftence is particularly ufed with regard to Bodies, con- fider'd as they are more foft or more hard, more liquid or more dry. See Hardness, Softness, Fluidity, iSc.
Thus, Forms of Medicine, as EleSuaries, Lambatives, Bolus's, Syrups, Unguents, fge, differ chiefly in Confiftence. See Electuary, &c.
CONSISTENT "Bodies, is a Term much ufed by Mr. "Boyle for fuch as we ordinarily cM firm, otfix'd Bodies ; in oppofition to fluid ones. See Fixedness, Firmness, and Fluidity.
That Author has a particular Effay of the Atmofphere of Confiftent Bodies ; wherein he fhews, that all, even fo- lid, hard, ponderous, and fix'd Bodies, do exhale or emit Effluvia, to a certain Space all around 'em. See Atmos- phere, Effluvia, &c.
CONSISTORY, or the Roman CONSISTORY, is the College of Cardinals ; or the Pope's Senate, and Council. See Pope.
The Confiftory is the firft Courr or Tribunal of Rome : it never meets but when the Pope pleafcs to convoke it : The Pope preftdes in it in Perfon, mounted on a magnificent Throne, and habited in his Po?ihficalia ; on the right are the Cardinal-Bilhops and Priefts, and on the left the' Cardi- nal-Deacons. See Cardinal.
' The Place where it is held, is a large Hall in the Apofto- lical Palace, where Princes and Embaffadors of Kings are receiv'd.
The other Prelates, Protonotaries, Auditors of the Rota, and other Officers, are feated on the Steps of the Throne; the Courtiers fit on the Ground ; Embaffadors on the right, and Confiftorial and Fifcal Advocates behind the Cardinals. Here are pleaded Judiciary Caufes before the Pope. Befides the publick Confiftory, there is alfo a private one, held in aretir'd Chamber, call'd the Chamber otPapegay; the Pope's Throne here being only rais'd two Steps high.
No Body is here admitted but the Cardinals, whole Opi- nions are collefted, and call'd Sentences. Here are firft pro- pos'd and pafs'd all Bulls for Bifhopricks, Abbies, &C. Sea Bull.
Hence, Confiftorial Bifhopricks and Abbies, are faid to be Confiftorial "Benefices ; in regard, they muft be propos'd in the Confiftory, the Annates be paid to the Pope, and his Bulls taken. See Benefice.
Antiently they were Elective; but by the Concordate, which abolifhes Elections, they are appointed to be collated by the Pope alone, on the Nomination of the Prince. See Concordate.
"L)u Cange derives the Word from Confiftrium, i. e. locus
tili confiftitur ; ufed chiefly for a Vclhbulc, Gallery or
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