What is "conclusion to the country"

Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.]

1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

   A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
   --Prescott.

2. Final decision; determination; result.

   And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.
   --Shak.

3. Any inference or result of reasoning.

4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.

   He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.
   --Addison.

5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]

   Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion.
   --Shak.

6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.]

   We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.
   --Bacon.

7. (Law)

   1. The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, ``against the peace,'' etc.

   2. An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. --Wharton. 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.

      1. Finally.

      2. In short.

         To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment.

         Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep.
         --Shak.

         Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference.

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.

   Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred.
   --Gen. xxxxii. 9.

   I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state.
   --Stirling.

   Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account
   --Milton.

2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

   As they walked, on their way into the country.
   --Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ).

   God made the covatry, and man made the town.
   --Cowper.

   Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country.
   --Macaulay.

3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence:

   1. One's constituents.

   2. The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.

      All the country in a general voice Cried hate upon him.
      --Shak.

4. (Law)

   1. A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

   2. The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.

5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs.

   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.