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ANNATES Annats, Annata, the fame mth^>»h-, *..■ • ~r-  - — r

them in England, feems to have been Clement V. who.ac- cordin<»tov>fert&-:o otWeflmiufier, exafled Annates ot all the vacant Benefices in the Kingdom, for the (pace ot two Years or according to Walfmgbam for three Years. His Succcffor John XXII. introduced the like in Frarxe.

Yet P>olydore Virgil, and fome others, take Annates to be of a much elder Handing; and to have obtained long

before they were paid to the Pope. 'Tis certain at

leail, that from the Twelfth Century, there were Bifhops and Abbots, who by fome peculiar Cuftcm or Privilege, took Annates of the Benefices depending on their Dioceie

° r Matthew 'Paris, in his Hifiory of England, for the Year 74 S relates that the Archbifhop oi Canterbury in virtue ol a Grant or Conceffion of the Pope, received Annates of ail the Benefices that became vacant in England. But in ai- ter-times the Holy See thought fit to take 'em away from the Bifriopsand Archbiftlops, and appropriate 'em tothem-

ANNEALING, or as it is popularly call'd Healing. See Nea lino. ',.'_■',

One fine ufe of Silver, fays Mr. "Boyle, was only difco- vereci fince the Art of Annealing upon Glafs came to be raai f e( l For prepared Silver, or even the crude Me- tal being burnt on a Glafs Plate, will tinge it of a fine yellow, or golden Colour. And there are leveral mi- neral Earths, and other coarfe Matters, of ule in this Art, which by means of Fire impart tranfparent Colours to Glafs, and fometimes very difterent ones trcm thole ot the Bodies themfelves. See'Painting on Glass.

ANNEXATION, in Law, the uniting of Lands or Rents to the Crown. See Annexed.

ANNEXED, fomerhingjoin'd to,or dependant ot, ano- .t,„, Thus we fay fuch a Farm, fuch an Advowfon is

annex d to fuch a Fee, fuch a Manor, lie. Charles VIII in the Year lfia, annex' d Provence to the Crown of France.

ANNIENTED, a Term fometimes ufed in Law Books, in the Senfe of fruftrated, or annull'd..

It is of French original; being form'd of the Verb Anmen- tir to bring to nothing, annihilate.

ANNIHILATION, the A3 of teducing a Subtlance in- to Nothings or of totally deilrcying and taking away Us Exiltence. See Substance and Existence.

Annihilation ftancls oppofed to Creation : The one lup- pofes fomething made out of nothing, the other nothing made out of fomething. See Creation.

All Annihilation muft be Metaphyseal or Supernatural. See Body, Al.Tr.RAi ion, Corruption, gk.

Bodies naturally admit of Changes and Alterations m their form; but not of Annihilation-.

Philosophers objeel againil this Kotion of Annihilation; in that it fuppofes an Ail required thereto : Whereas ac- cording to them, Annihilation mull enfue upo.i Gods merely ceaf.ng to aft, or to create a thing. For, 1, the Ccn- fervationofa'thingbca continued Creation thereof; as is almoft un'werfally allowed : 'Tis evident a thing can no loi-ecr endure, than while God continues to create The Word is compounded of ad to, and w/Wnotmng. ANNl Ntibiles, among Law-Writers, the legal Age, at which a Maid becomes fit for Marriage; which is at 1: Years. See Age.

ANNIS SF.ED.orANisEF.r, a medicinal Seed or Cnain, produced by an Umbiliferous Plant of the fame Name, common in our Gardens. See Seed.

It has a fweeti/h Tatle, intcrmix'd with fomething pun- cent ar.d bitter : Is reputed an Aromatic, and prekribed not barely as a Carminative againil Wind; but alto as a Pec- toral, Stomachic and Digeflive. See Carminative, &c. It alio yields by Dillillation, a white cordial Oil call <t EffenceefA.nms-fiedi of a very ftrong penetrating Smell, and efficacious in itsmedicinalOperat.on : It being alfo ufed bv the Confectioners to fcent their Pomatums, gfc.

y in diitihing the Aims-feed for the Oil; there is procu- red a limpid' Water call'd Anms-feed Water; which has much the fame Virtues with the Oil. y, „„,„, „f ANNIVERSARY, is properly the yearly Return _oi any remarkable Day; and was antiently called a Tear-day B ,Mini-day,tUt\s, a Memorial-day. See Ann-oae Day ffje. On fome extraordinary Occafions iuch JJays nave beenregifter'd, and annually obferved, in gratitude to Foun- ders and Benefactors.. ■ ., c

The Word is form'd from amms and verto, in regard ot its returning every Year. In this Senfe we lay Ju-

Anniver.sary 2) 'ays, "Dies Annivcrfarii, among our An- cestors were thofe Days wherein the Martyrdoms of the Saints were yearly celebrated in theChutch; as alfo Days whereon, at every Year's end, Men were wont to pray for the Souls of their deceas'd Friends. — Anniverfaria dies ideo repetitnr defunBis, quoniam nefcinms qualiter eirura caufa hslieatur in alia vita. — This was the Reaibn given by Al- cninusirt his Divine Offics.

ANNOISANCK, or Nvjimce, in Law, a Hurt or Of- fence, either toapublick place, as a High-way, Bridge, or common R.ivcr; or to a private one, by laying any thing that may breed Infection; by incroachir.g, or the like means. See Nusancf..

Annoisance is alfo ufed for a Writ brought upon this Tranfgreilion. SeeNusANCE.

ANNOTATION, a fuccinft Commentary, or Remark oh any Book, or Writing; in order to clear up fome Paffage; or to draw fome Induction or Conference from it. See Comment, ci/c.

The Criticks of the laft Age have made learned Annota- tions on the Scripturesj the Clatlies, c5t.

The Word is form'd of the Latin adaotatio; oftfi and Nota, Note.

ANNUAL, fomething which returns every Year, or clo- fes at the end of the Year. See Year.

Thus we fay an Annual or yearly Feaft, Office, Commif- fion, Rent,?5c. See Anniversary.

The Annual Motion of the Earth fee proved tinder till Article Earth.

Annual, is fometimes ufed for the yeatly Rent, or In- come of a Prebendary, iSc. See Prebend, Si?c.

Annual Plants, call'd alio fimply Annuals, are fueh. as only live their Year, i. e. come up in the Spring, and die again in Autumn: And accordingly are to be recruited every Year. See Plant.

Annuals Hand contradiilinguimed from Bifannuals, Trien- nials, i£c r. Annual Leaves, are fuch Leaves as come up atrelh in

Spring, and perilh in Winter. SeeLEiF. Thefe Hand

oppofed to Perennials. See Perennial.

Anno Domini, q. d. in the Tear of our Lord; the Com- putation of Time from the Epocha of the Incarnation of Jefus Chrill. See Epocha, Computation, i£c.

Annual Equation, of the mean Motion of the Sun and Moon, and of the Moon's Apogee and Nodes. Sec EquA- tion, Moon, iSc _

The annual Equation of the mean Motion of the Sun de_ ptnds on the Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit; and is Ui'i of thofe Parts, whereof the mean Diftance between the Sun and the Eatthisroco : whence by fome, it iscalled the Equation of the Center, and when greateil, is 1 Degree 56', 20". ,

The greatcfl «»»«<*/ Equation of the Moons mean Mo- tion is 11', 40". of its Apogee zo', and of its Node j',;o". See Node, ci-'c.

dee jnode, et-

Thefe four annual Equations are always proportionable; fo that when any of them is at the greatett, the three othets arc alfo greateft; and viceverp.. — Hence the anwialEqua.- tionof the Center (of the Sun) being given, the Other three corresponding Equations will be given; fo that one Table, (that is, of the central Equation) may fervefbr all.

ANNUALIA, yearly Oblations antiently made by the Relations of deceafed Peifons, on the Day of their Death. See Oblation. ' '

This Day they call'd Tear-day, &c. and on it, Mais was celebrated with great Solemnity. See Anniversary.

ANNUENTES Mufculi, in Anatomy, a Pairoftranf- verfe Mufcles, at the Root of the Vertebra of the Back; cail'd alfo by Mr. Co'.nper, ReBi interni minores, be- caufc they lie under the ReSi ntajores. See Recti.

They are called Annuentes, becaufe they help to nod the Head directly forward. See Head, Muscles, tic

ANNUITY, a yearly Rent or Revenue, paid for Term of Life or of Years, or in Fee and for ever. See Reve- nue, Fee, i£c. . ' j. , In Common Law, the Difference between a Rent, and an Annuity confifls in this, that Rent is payable out ot Land • whereas an Annuity charges only the Perlon ot the Grantor: and that for the Recovery of a Rent, an Action lies; whereas for that of an Annuity, there only lies a WritotV»ffl//0''again{l the Grantor, his Heirs and Succei- fors. See Rent, Writ, Action, t£c.

Add, that Annuities are never taken for Allots, as oeing no Freeholds in Law. See Assets. . . .,.

n0 Th C e Computation of the Value of *~™*ft* to Political Arithmetic. See Politic ai. ^ "T,"^

Dr Hallei, in his Obfervations on the BieJIaw Bills oi ,, fr -A. Ti„iMtg,itoi a Perlon of 25 Years

Mortality, fhews, That it is iSo toi, )

. . i. 1- * „ Year — - l nai u is <;j to one,

of Aec does not die in a xcai ' r

aMfn of 40 lives, Years; and that one of 30 may reaA-