CLARAMONT-POWDER, a kind of earth, called terra de Baira, from the place where it is found: it is famous at Venice, for its efficacy in stopping haemorrhages of all kinds, and in curing malignant fevers.
PRECEPT of CLARE CONSTAT, in Scots law, the warrant of a superior for entering and infecting the heir of his former vassal, without the interposition of an inquest. See LAW, Part III. no cixxx. 28.