Conventus
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A coming together; a convention or assembly. Conventus magnatum vel procerum (the assembly of chief men or peers) was one of the names of the English parliament, 1 5].
Comm. 148.
In the civil law. The term meant a gathering together of people; a crowd assembled for any purpose; also a convention, pact, or bargain.