sensation. n. 1. (Physiology) the power of perceiving through the senses. 2. (Physiology) a physical condition or experience resulting from the stimulation of one of the sense organs: a sensation of warmth.
As a result, he turned himself wholly to Mexico.. Shortly after noon on May 22, 1807, the trial of Aaron Burr opened in Richmond. On the bench sat Chief Justice Marshall and Virginia District Judge Cyrus Griffin.
Frustrated by the Mexican refusal to negotiate, Polk, on January 13, 1846, directed Gen. Zachary Taylor 's army at Corpus Christi to advance to the Rio Grande. The Mexican government viewed that as an act of war. On April 25 the Mexican troops at Matamoros crossed the river and ambushed an American patrol. Polk seized upon the incident to secure a declaration of war on May 13 on the basis of the shedding of American blood upon American soil..