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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

^^In French Law. A similarity 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 other difficulties necessarily attending written communications. 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. CONFESSIO FACTA IN JUDICIO OMNI probatione major est. A confession made in court is of greater effect than any proof.

Jenk. Cent. Cas. 102.