Conjuration
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
swearing together. It signifies a plot, bargain, or compact made by a number of persons under oath, to do some publicharm. In times of ignorance this word was used to signify the personal conference which some persons were supposed to have had with the devil, or some evil spirit, to know any secret, or effect any purpose.