A term applied to any overthrow of free institutions by military intervention, but used especially to denote the bold stroke of Louis Napoleon, who by a display of military force in the Paris streets in December, 1851, and the imprisonment of the Republican members of the Chamber, succeeded in getting himself proclaimed Consul, and, later, Emperor.
Cour d’Héritage.
An ancient feudal court in Jersey, having jurisdiction over all disputed questions as to landed property.
Cours Plénières.
Assemblies of the Barons, called, on the great festivals of the year, by the early kings of France and England.
Court Baron.
A court of the old Norman Manor, summoned to settle all questions arising out of the cultivation of the demesne land of the Manor.
Court Customary.
A baronial court in feudal times held to decide questions arising out of the tenure of land by villeins.