CHASTITY. Purity of the body, or freedom from obscenity. The Romañ law justifies homicide in defence of the chastity either of one’s self or one’s relations; and so also, according to Selden, stood the law in the Jewish republic. The law of England likewise justifies a woman in killing a man who attempts to ravish her. So the husband or father may justify killing a man who attempts a rape upon his wife or daughter, but not if he takes them in adultery by consent; for the one is forcible and felonious, the other not.

CHATEAU-Chinon, an arrondissement of the department of the Nièvre, in France, extending over 770 square miles. It is divided into five cantons, and these into fifty-eight communes, with 48,721 inhabitants. The chief place is a city of the same name, on the summit of a hill, at the foot of which the Yonne flows. It contains 205 houses, with 1733 inhabitants. There arc some woollen manufactures, several tanneries, and some trade in cattle, and also in wood, which is floated down to Paris by the Seine. Long. 3. 38. E. Lat. 47. 2. N.

Chateau-bu-Loire, a city of the department of the Sarthe, in France, at the spot where the Ive falls into the Loire. It is in a district yielding wine of an excellent kind. It contains 425 houses, and 2823 inhabitants. Long. 0. 15. E. Lat. 47. 40. N.

Chateau-Neuf, a town in the department of the Loiret, in France, on the right bank of the Loire. It contains 607 houses, and 3141 inhabitants, who make some serges and other woollen goods.

Ciiateau-Ponsat, a market-town of the department of the Upper Vienne, in France, on the river Gartempe. It contains 378 houses and 3668 inhabitants.

Chateau-Renarð, a city of the department of the Mouths of the Rhone, in France, containing 3272 inhabitants.

Chateau-Roux, an arrondissement of the department of the Indre, in France, extending over 940 square miles. It is divided into eight cantons and ninety-three communes, containing 76,345 inhabitants. The capital, a city of the same name, is in a fine situation, but it is an ill-built town. It contains 1200 houses and 8512 inhabitants. Long. 1. 36. 5. E. Lat. 46. 48. 45. N.

Chateau-Salines, an arrondissement of the department of the Meurthe, in France, extending over 420 square miles, divided into five cantons, and comprehending a population of 60,550 persons, in 133 communes. The chief place, of the same name, is a city situated on the Seille, where there is a small spring, and a refinery. There are 500 houses and 2850 inhabitants.

Chateau-Sontier, an arrondissement of the department of the Mayenne, in France, the extent of which is 575 square miles. It is divided into six cantons, and these into seventy-nine communes, containing 66,849 inhabitants. The chief place is a city of the same name, situated on the river Mayenne, which is navigable to a certain extent; and it contains 700 houses, and 4834 inhabitants, who manufacture linens, serges, eslamines, hats, and leather, lt is in long. 0. 51. W., and lat. 47. 47. N.

Chateau-Thierry , an arrondissement of the department of the Aisne, in France, extending over 485 square miles. It is divided into five cantons and 127 communes, and contains 57,013 inhabitants. The city which gives its name to the department is situated on the side of a hill upon the right bank of the Marne. It contains 940 houses, with 4160 inhabitants. The chief trade is in wine and corn, and in the making of linen and of serges, with some considerable tanneries. There are near it two mineral springs containing iron. Long. 3. 23. E. Lat. 49. 12. N.