Confederation Clause

See Conlarity between two laws or two systems of laws. In International Law. Verbal explanations between the representatives of at least two nations, for the purpose of accelerating matters by avoiding the delays and difficulties of written communications. A meeting of plenipotentiaries of different nations to adjust differences or formulate a plan of joint action; as, the conference at Berlin of representatives of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany respecting the affairs of Samoa, in 18S9, the monetary conference at Brussels of representatives of the United States and several European powers in 1894, and the Hague Conferences of 1S99 and 1907. See Congress. In Legislation. Mutual consultations by two committees appointed, one by each house of a legislature, in cases where the houses cannot agree in their action.