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English → English (gcide) Definition: Conclusion to the country Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.] 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. [1913 Webster] A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 2. Final decision; determination; result. [1913 Webster] And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Any inference or result of reasoning. [1913 Webster] 4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism. [1913 Webster] He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak. Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. --Gen. xxxxii. 9. [1913 Webster] I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state. --Stirling. [1913 Webster] Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. [1913 Webster] As they walked, on their way into the country. --Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ). [1913 Webster] God made the covatry, and man made the town. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] All the country in a general voice Cried hate upon him. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) (a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. (b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]