Coronavirus Coronavirus Coronaviruses are species of virus belonging to the subfamily "Coronavirinae" in the family "Coronaviridae", in the order Nidovirales. Coronaviruses are enveloped viruses with a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome and with a nucleocapsid of helical symmetry. The genomic size of coronaviruses ranges from approximately 26 to 32 kilobases, the largest for an RNA virus. The name "coronavirus" is derived from the Latin "corona", meaning crown or halo, and refers to the characteristic appearance of virions under electron microscopy (E.M.) with a fringe of large, bulbous surface projections creating an image reminiscent of a royal crown or of the solar corona.
Demise of the Crown Demise of the Crown The demise of the Crown is the legal term for the end of a reign by a king, queen regnant, or emperor, whether by death or abdication. The term was coined in English law to signify the immediate transfer (Law French "demise", "sending down [the line of succession]", from Latin "demiss"-[gender ending], the perfect participle of "demittere", having the same meaning), of sovereignty and royal prerogatives to the late king or queen's successor without interregnum. The word "demise" is sometimes mistakenly interpreted as referring to the death of the Sovereign rather than to the transfer of