Conjuration
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In old English law
A plot or compact made by persons combining by oath to do any public harm, Cowell. The oiiense of having conference or coinmerce with evil spirits, in order to discover some secret, or effect some purpose, Id. Classed by Blackstone with witchcraft, enchantment, and sorcery, but distinguished trom each of these by other writers. + G1.
Comm. 60; Cowell.