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  • CONJUDEX
    In old English law. An associate judge. Bract 403.
  • CONJUGAL RIGHTS
    Matrimonial rights; the right which husband and wife have to each other's society, comfort and affection.
  • CONJUGIUM
    One of the names of marriage, among the Romans. Tayl. Civil Law, 284.
  • CONJUNCT
    In Scotch law. Joint
  • CONJUNCTA
    In the civil law. Things joined together or united; as distinguished from disjuncta, things disjoined or separated. Dig. 50, 16, 53.
  • CONJUNCTIM
    Lat. In old English law. Jointly. Inst 2, 20, &
  • CONJUNCTIM ET DIVISIM
    L. Lat. In old English law. Jointly and severally-
  • CONJUNCTIO
    In the civil law. Conjunction ; connection of words in a sentence. See Dig. 50, 16, 29, 142. Conjunotlo mariti et feminta est de jnre naturae. The union of husband and wife is of the law of nature.
  • CONJUNCTIVE
    A grammatical term for particles which serve for joining or connecting together. Thus, the conjunction "and" is called a "conjunctive," and "or" a "disjunctive," conjunction. —Conjunctive denial. Where several material facts are stated conjunctively in the complaint, an answer which undertakes to deny their averments as a whole, conjunctively stated, More...
  • CONJURATIO
    In old English law. A swearing together; an oath administered to several together; a combination or confederacy under oath. CowelL In old European law. A compact of the inhabitants of a commune, or municipality, confirmed by their oaths to each other and which was the basis of the commune. Steph. More...
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