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Conjuratio

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In Old English Law. A swearing together; an. oath administered to several together; a combination or confederacy under oath. Cowell; Blount; Tomlin. In Old European Law. A compact of the inhabitants of a commune, or municipality, confirmed by their oaths to each other, and which was the basis of the commune.

Steph. Lect. 119. ' CONJURATION (Lat. a swearing 'together).

A plot, bargain, or compact, made by a number of persons under oath, to do some public harm. Personal conference with the devil or some evil spirit, to know any secret or effect any purpose.