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  • CONCUBINAGE
    A species of loose or informal marriage which took place among the ancients, and which is yet in use in some countries. See CONCUBINATUS. The act or practice of cohabiting, in sexual commerce, without the authority of law or a legal marriage. State v. Adams, 179 Mo. 334, 78 S. More...
  • CONCUBINATUS
    In Roman law. An Informal, unsanctioned, or "natural" marriage, as contradistinguished from the justw nupticB, or ju&tum matrimonium, the civil marriage.
  • CONCUBINE
    (1) A woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not married. (2) A sort of inferior wife, among the Romans, upon whom the husband did not confer his rank or quality.
  • CONCUR
    To agree; accord; consent In the practice of appellate courts, a "concurring opinion" is one filed by one of the judges or justices, in which he agrees with the conclusions or the result of another opinion filed in the case (which may be either the opinion of the court or More...
  • CONCURATOR
    In the civil law. A joint or co-curator, or guardian.
  • CONCURRENCE
    In French law. The possession, by two or more persons, of equal rights or privileges over the same subject* matter. —Concurrence deloyale. A term of the French law nearly equivalent to "unfair trade competition;" and used in relation to the infringement of rights secured by trade-marks, etc. It signifies a More...
  • CONCURRENT
    Having the same authority; acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; contributing to the same event; contemporaneous. As to concurrent "Covenants," "Jurisdiction," "Insurance," "Lease," "Lien," and "Writs," see those titles.
  • CONCURSO
    In the law of Louisiana, the name of a suit or remedy to enable creditors to enforce their claims against an insolvent or failing debtor. Schroeder v. Nicholson, 2 La. 355.
  • CONCURSUS
    In the civil law. a) A running together; a collision, as concursu* creditorum, a conflict among creditors. (2) A concurrence, or meeting, as concursus ac-tionum, concurrence of actions.
  • CONCUSS
    In Scotch law. To coerce.
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