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  • CONJURATION
    In old English law. A plot or compact made by persons combining by oath to do any public harm. OowelL. The offense of having conference or commerce with evil spirits, in order to discover some secret or effect some purpose. Id. Classed by Blackstone with witchcraft enchantment and sorcery, but More...
  • CONJURATOR
    In old English law. One who swears or is sworn with others ^ one bound by oath with others; a compurgator; a conspirator.
  • CONNECTIONS
    Relations by blood or marriage, but more commonly the relations of a person with whom one is connected by marriage. In this sense, the relations of a wife are "connections" of her husband. The term is vague and Indefinite. See Storer v. Wheatley, 1 Pa. 507.
  • CONNEXITE'
    In French law. This exists when two actions are pending which, although not Identical as in lis pendens, are so nearly similar in object that it is expedient to have them both adjudicated npon by the same judges. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 553.
  • CONNIVANCE
    The secret or indirect consent or permission of one person to the commission of an unlawful or criminal act by another. Oakland Bank v. Wilcox, 60 Cal. 137; Stote v. Gesell, 124 Mo. 531, 27 S. W. 1101. Literally, a winking at; intentional forbearance to see a fault or other More...
  • CONNOISSEMENT
    In French law. An Instrument similar to our bill of lading.
  • CONNUBIUM
    In the civil law. Marriage. Among the Romans, a lawful marriage as distinguished from "concubinage," (
  • CONOCIAMENTO
    In Spanish law. A recognizance. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 7, c. 5, | 3.
  • CONOCIMIENTO
    In Spanish law. A bill of lading. In the Mediterranean ports it is called "poliza de carqamiento."
  • CONPOSSESSIO
    In modern civil law. A Joint possession. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 245.
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