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Concessum

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Accorded; conceded. This term, frequently used in the old reports, signifies that the court admitted or assented to a point or proposition made on the argument.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Accorded: conceded. This term, frequently used in the old reports, signifies that the court admitted’ or assented to a point or proposition made on the argument.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from concedere, to grant.] Granted, or allowed. A term of frequent occurrence in the old reports, denoting the assent of the court to a doctrine or position laid down on the argument of a cause. Quod fuit concessum per totam curiam; which was granted by the whole court. See the reports passim. Lord Coke observes that "an il est dit, (it is said,) with Littleton, is as good as a concessum in a book case." Co. Litt. 328 b.