Conference

A meeting of several persons for deliberation, for the interchange of opinion, or for the removal of differences er disputes. Thus, a meeting between a counsel and solicitor to advise on the cause of their clieut. In the practice of legislative bodies, when the two houses cannot agres upon a pending mesure, each appoints a committee of “conference,” and the committees meet and consult together for the purpose of removing differences, harmonizing conflicting views, and arranging a compromise which will be accepted by both houses. In international law. A personal meeting between the diplomatic agents of two or more powers, for the purpose of making statements and explanations that will obviate the delay and difficulty attending the more formal conduct of negotiations. In French law. A concordance or identity between two laws or two systems of laws.