Concilium

A council. Concilium Ordinarlum. In Anglo-Norman times, an executive and residuary judicial committee of the aula regis {q. v.) Concilium Regis. A tribunal which existed in England during the times of Edreferred cases of great difficulty. Co. Litt. 304. CONCLUSION (Lat. con claudere, to shut together). The close; the end., In Pleading. In declarations, that part which follows the statement of the cause of action. In personal or mixed actions, where the object is to recover damages, the conclusion is, properly, to the damage of the plaintiff, etc. Comyn, Dig. "Pleader," c. 84; 10 Coke, 1156. The form was anciently, in the king's bench, "To the damage of the said A. B., and thereupon he brings suit;" in the exchequer, "To the damage," etc., "whereby he is the less able to satisfy our said lord the king the debts which he owes his said majesty at his exchequer, and therefore he brings his suit." 1 Chit. PI. 356-358. In pleas, the conclusion is either to the country, — which must be the case when an issue is tendered, that is, whenever the plaintiff's material statements are contradicted,— or by verification, which must be the case when new matter is introduced. Every plea in bar, it is said, must have its proper conclusion. All the formal parts of pleadings have been much modified by statute in the various states and in England within the last few years. In Practice. Making the last argument or address to the court or jury. The party on whom the onus probandi is cast, in general, has the conclusion.

A council. In Roman Law. A meeting of a section of the people to consider and decide matters especially affecting itself. Launspach, State and Family in Early Rome 70.

Lat. A council. Also argument in a cause or the sitting of the court to hear argument; a day allowed to a defendant to present his argument; an imparlance.

— Concilium ordinarium. In Anglo-Norman times. An executive and residuary judicial committee of the Aula Regis, (q. v.)

— Concilium regis. An ancient English tribunal, existing during the reigns of Edward I. and Edward II., to which was referred cases of extraordinary difficulty. Co.. Litt. 304.

consilium, 1. I. of a court to hear Concilium non dedit advice, v. Dies concilii; In old English law. A council; another name mllitare: the king's privatum: the king's the king's secret council and construction of time by rule of law, as arbitrary construction of parties, v. Day; v. Compotus; De compiito.

A council. Also argument in a cause, or the sitting of the court to hear argument; a day allowed to a defendant to present his argument; an imparlance.

Lat.

In old English law. A council. Concilium regis privatum; the king's privy council; called also concilium continuum^ (perpetual council) and concilium secretum regis, (the king's secret council.) Crabb's Hist, Eng. Law, 227. Magnum concilium regis; the king's great council. Id. 228. One of the ancient names of the English parliament. 1 Reeves' Hist, Eng. Law, 62. 8 Co. 39. 1 Bl. Com. 148.