the capital of a duchy of the same name in Italy, is situated in the middle of a lake, formed by the river Mincio, but has a communication with the continent by three causeways: E. long. 11° 15', N. lat. 45° 20'.

**MANUMISSION**, in Roman antiquity, the act of setting a slave at liberty; which was usually performed before the praetor, who laid his wand called vindicta, on the slave's head, and declared him free.