Cgwclude

s 1.

To close, end, terminate; to finish, complete.

Conclusion. (1) An ending or closing, as of an instrument or a pleading.

See Declaration, 3; Indictment; Plea, 3. (3) The last argument to a court, or the last address to a jury.

See Burden, Of proof. (3) An inference or deduction: as, a conclusion of fact, or of law.

See Presumption.

See Presumption.

3. To put an end to, close up; to be final; to estop, bar, preclude.* > 4 Kent, 482, note (a). 2 Hooper u Robinson, 98 U., S. 636, 638 (1S78), Swayne, J.; Robbins v. Firemen's Fund Ins. Co., 16 Blatch. 127 (1879). 8 Cummerford v. Thompson, 2 Flip. 014 (1880). « Centre Turnpike Co. v. Smith, 12 Vt, 216 (1840). Conclusive.

Determinative, decisive; not to be questioned, controverted, or contradicted, nor requiring support. Inconclusive: presumptive, rebuttable. As, in speaking of a judgment, or of a return of service that is conclusive, and of conclusive and inconclusive evidence or presumptions, qq. v. A party who fails to assert his right, after receiving notice of a proceeding affecting it, is said to be " concluded " by the judgment. COHrCUBINAGE. " Concubinage " and " prostitution " have no common-law meaning. In their popular sense they include all cases of lewd intercourse,! q. v. See also Prostitution.