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* COKROBOKEE. 445 COURT. CORROB'OREE (Australian). A sort of i-eri'iiumial dance, of a nioro or less public cliarac- ter, in vogue among tlie Australian alxn'igincs. The corroborce is held at night, and various ty|ies of it occur all over the country, or are borrowed from tribe to tribe, some of a warlike, some of an historical, others of a lascivious character. Gen- erally the men do the dancing, and the women furnish the accompanying music. The songs that go with the corroborce give sco])e for individual and tribal invention. The corroborce combines in itself the elements of the public celebrations among civilized races and the o|)era of to-day. It is the nearest approach to a national institution among these primitive people. The corroborce serves also as a peace ratification, and as a means of intercommunication, etc. CORRODI, korro'de, WiLHELM Aur.u.ST ( lS2(i-8o) . A Swiss poet and draughtsman, born at Zurich. In his poems, many of which are written in the popular dialect, he mirrors the life of his native canton, celebrating its customs and reviving many of its best traditions. His works, which are generally distinguished by a fine sense of humor, include: Diir und Moll. Aus Natur und Lcbai (1853); Ein Buck ohne Titcl, ahcr fur Kinder ron siebeii bis siebcnmal sicben Jahren (1855) ; ^yaldIeben, a lyrical novel (18.57). The works of Corrodi written in the dialect of Zurich include: De Eerr Professer, an idyl (1872) ; De Eerr Doklcr, an idyl (1860, dramatized by the author in 1872) ; Wie d'^y arret wiirkt, a comedy ( 1887 ) ; and a translation of the works of Robert Burns into Swiss German (1872). Corrodi illus- trated several of his books. CORROZZO NUTS. See Ivory, Vegetable. CORRUGATED IRON. A name given to sheet iron or steel in which grooves and ridges have been produced by passing the sheet between rollers, the surfaces of which are formed into rounded grooves and ridges, the ridges of one roller filling the gi'ooves of the other. By cor- rugation the strength of the metal is greatly increased, and it is adapted for use in many ])laces where a metal covering of lightness and strength is required, such as roofs, awnings, and the side walls of sheds and factory buildings. Corrugated iron is frequently galvanized with a thin layer of zine to make it less liable to corrode or rust. It is manufactured in a variety of thicknesses and with corrugations varying in size. CORRUPTION OF BLOOD. The blasting of inheritance: one of the consequences of an attainder for treason or felony under the old com- mon law, whereby the offender was cut off. or outlawed, from all of his blood relationships and so rendered incapable of inheriting lands or of transmitting them by descent to his natural heirs, lineal or collateral. The effect of the corruption of blood being the extinction of the line of heirs of the person attainted, his lands at once, upon his execution, became subject to the law of escheat and became vested in his sujierior lord. In cases of treason the principle of forfeiture gave the lands to the King absolutely, and in cases of ordinary felony they went to the Cro^^l for a year and a day before escheating to the lord. This barbarous penalty survived in Eng- land, nominally at least, until 1870, when it was abolished by the Forfeiture Act. It has never been tolerated in the United States, and is ex- pressly forbidden by the Const itiil ion. which declares (Art. III..' Sec. 3, n. 42) that 'no at- tainder of treason shall wcnk corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted.' The constitutions of the several States contain similar provisions. See Attainder ; For- feiture; Treason. CORRUPT PRACTICES. Dishonest methods employed with the intent to inlluence the results of public elections. The practices to which the ex- P'ression refers are the use of brilicry, treating, undue influence, personation of vol<'rs, making false election returns, and knowingly making a false declaration as to election cx])enses. Of these, bribery, personation, and making false returns are common-law oll'enses. and render the ofl'ender liable to indictment, and so, it has l)een held in England, is the giving of entertainment to voters with the corrupt intention of influencing an election. Any of the acts enumerated above, excepting that of making a false declaration as to election expenses (which is ))urely a statutory offense), whether criminally punishable or not, will at conmion law vitiate the result produced by them, and, if the corrujjtion be general, will have the effect of nullifying the election itself. The prevalence of bribery and other corrupt practices at Parliamentary elections in England, and at all partisan contests in the I'nited States, lias in recent years led to the enactment of stat- utes in both countries to check the evil. The English Parliament led the way in these reforms by enacting the Corrupt Practices Prexcntion Act in 1854, which was aimed particularly at the jiractice of electoral bribery. This was followed in 1808 by the Parliamentary Elections Act, and in 1883 by the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Pre- vention .^et. Altogether these statutes constitute a most comprehensive and well-devised body of legislation, and they have proved themselves to be admirably adapted to the end in view. They define with great particularity the acts which shall constitute the prohibited offenses, and pre- scribe the severe penalties of disfranchisement and the avoiding of the elections for their com- mission. The personation of voters is made a felony, and bribery and the other practices enu- merated are declared to be misdemeanors. ^lany of the best provisions of these statutes have been incorporated in the election laws of American States. For the history and scope of these laws, see Election ; Electoral Reforji. The English law may be further studied in Rogers, Elections n7th ed., London. 1805); Mattinson and Ma- caskie. Laio Relatiiift to Corrupt and Illegal Prac- tices (3d ed., London, 1892). COR'RY. A city in Erie County, Pa., 90 miles soithwest of liufl'alo, N. Y. ; on the Erie, the Philadelphia and Erie, and the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroads (Map: Penn- sylvania, B 2). It has steel-works, machine- shops, flour and feed mills, briek-works. and manufactures of tram locomotives, stationary, gas. and steam engines, furniture, radiators, shovels, wrenches, brushes, toys, etc. The State Fish Hatchery is located here, and there are three mineral springs of value. Settled in 1800, Corry enjoyed a rapid gi-owth. due to the existence of petroleum in the vicinity. It is governed under a general 'Act of 1809' by a mayor, elected every three years, and a bicameral citv council. Population, in 1890, 5(i77; in 1900. 5309.