conclusion to the country

Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See
   {Conclude}.]
   1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
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            A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of
            the contest.                          --Prescott.
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   2. Final decision; determination; result.
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            And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak.
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   3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
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   4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the
      necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two
      related propositions called premises. See {Syllogism}.
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            He granted him both the major and minor, but denied
            him the conclusion.                   --Addison.
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   5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]
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            Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
            And still conclusion.                 --Shak.
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   6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be
      drawn. [Obs.]
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            We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and
            inoculating.                          --Bacon.
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   7. (Law)
      (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal
          ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc.
      (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a
          particular position. --Wharton.
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   {Conclusion to the country} (Law), the conclusion of a
      pleading by which a party "puts himself upon the country,"
      i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. --Mozley & W.

   {In conclusion}.
      (a) Finally.
      (b) In short.

   {To try conclusions}, to make a trial or an experiment.
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            Like the famous ape,
            To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak.

   Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end;
        decision. See {Inference}.
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Country \Coun"try\ (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. {Countries} (-tr?z). [F.
   contr['e]e, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the
   opposite side. Cf. {Counter}, adv., {Contra}.]
   1. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent
      nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with
      a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent
      residence, or citizenship.
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            Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. --Gen.
                                                  xxxxii. 9.
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            I might have learned this by my last exile,
            that change of countries cannot change my state.
                                                  --Stirling.
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            Many a famous realm
            And country, whereof here needs no account --Milton.
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   2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
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            As they walked, on their way into the country.
                                                  --Mark xvi. 12
                                                  (Rev. Ver. ).
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            God made the covatry, and man made the town.
                                                  --Cowper.
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            Only very great men were in the habit of dividing
            the year between town and country.    --Macaulay.
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   3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the
      populace; the public. Hence:
      (a) One's constituents.
      (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to
          dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
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                All the country in a general voice
                Cried hate upon him.              --Shak.
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   4. (Law)
      (a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
      (b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is
          drawn.
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   5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs.
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   {Conclusion to the country}. See under {Conclusion}.

   {To put one's self upon the country}, or {To throw one's self
   upon the country}, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand
      trial before a jury.
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CONCLUSION TO THE COUNTRY, pleading. The tender of. an issue to be tried by 
a jury is called the conclusion to the country. 
     2. This conclusion is in the following words, when the issue is 
tendered by the defendant: "And of this the said C D puts himself upon the 
country." When it is tendered by the plaintiff, the formula is as follows: 
"And this the said A B prays may be inquired of by the country." It held, 
however, that there is no material difference between these two modes of 
expression, and that, if ponit se, be substituted for petit quod inquiratur, 
or vice versa, the mistake is unimportant. 10 Mod. 166. 
     3. When there is an affirmative on one side, and a negative on the 
other, or vice versa, the conclusion should be to the country. T. Raym. 98; 
Carth. 87; 2 Saund. 189; 2 Burr. 1022. So it is, though the affirmative and 
negative be not in express words, but only tantamount thereto. Co. Litt. 
126, a; Yelv. 137; 1 Saund. 103; 1 Chit. Pl. 592; Com. Dig. Pleader, E 32.