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COURT OF PECULIARS, Eng (law)


COURT OF PECULIARS, Eng. eccl. law. The name of a court, which is a branch of, and annexed to, the. court of arches. of, and annexed to, the. court of arches. 2. It has jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the 2. It has jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury, in the midst of Other dioceses. In the Other province of Canterbury, in the midst of Other dioceses. In the Other peculiars, the jurisdiction is exercised by commissaries. 1 Phill. R. 202, peculiars, the jurisdiction is exercised by commissaries. 1 Phill. R. 202, n. n. 3. There are three sorts of peculiars 1. Royal peculiars. 3 Phill. R. 3. There are three sorts of peculiars 1. Royal peculiars. 3 Phill. R. 245. 2. The second sort are those in which the bishop has no concurrent 245. 2. The second sort are those in which the bishop has no concurrent jurisdiction, and are exempt from his visitation. 3. The third are subject jurisdiction, and are exempt from his visitation. 3. The third are subject to the bishop' s visitation, and liable to his superintendence and to the bishop' s visitation, and liable to his superintendence and jurisdiction. 3 Phill. R. 245; Skinn. R. 589. jurisdiction. 3 Phill. R. 245; Skinn. R. 589.

Electrical (medicine)


electrical


1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.

2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.

3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar." Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See Aura. Electrical battery. See Battery. Electrical brush. See Brush. Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. Electric candle. See Candle.

<medicine> Electric cat, any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus. Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning.

<physics> Electrical image, the torpedo. Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.

Origin: L. Electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr.; akin to the beaming sun, cf. Skr. Arc to beam, shine: cf. F. Electrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.

Source: Websters Dictionary