HOUSE

A house of entertainment where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and sometimes with lodging. Century Diet. A cofl'.ee-house ls not an inn. Thompson v. Lacy, 8 Barn. & Aid. 283; Pitt v. Laming, 4 Camp. 77; Insurance Co. v. Langdon, 6 Wend. (N. Y.) 627; Com. v. Woods, 4 Ky. Law Rep. 262. COFFERER OF THE QUEEN'S HOUSEHOLD,. In English law. A principal officer of the royal establishment, next under the controller, who,· in the, countinghouse and elsewhere, had a special charge and oversight· of the other officers, whose wages he paid. Cogitation is pcenam nemo patltur. No one is punished for his thoughts. Dig. 48, 19, 18. COGNATES. (Lat. cognati.) Relations by the mother's side, or by females. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 144. A common term in Scotch law. Ersk. Inst. 1, 7, 4. [s. 218]