Law Dictionary

(French) A count.

comyn, I. fr. a common thief or a

In Irish practice. The pay-' ment of wages in land, the rent being worked out in labor at a money valuation. Wharton.

NON DEFINITUR In Jure. What an attempt is. Is not defined in law. 2 Bulst. 277.

2 Bulst. 277. What an attempt is, is not defined in law.

In Spanish law. With good faith; in good faith; bona fide. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 2, c. 8.

To withhold or keep secret mental facts from another's knowledge, as well as to hide or secrete physical objects from sight or observation. Gerry v. Dunham, 57 Me. 339.

The term "concealed" is not synonymous with "lying in wait." If a person conceals himself for the purpose of shooting another unawares, he is lying in wait; but a person may, while

One employed to discover lands secretly kept from the king.

Such as find out concealed lands; that is, lands privily kept from the king by common persons havmg nothing to show for them. They are called "a

The term concealed used in this section, is one of plain interpretation, and obviously applies to articles intended to be secreted and withdrawn from public view on account of thei

The concealing or endeavoring to conceal the birth of a child is very commonly made a criminal offense. It is in England by statute a misdemeanor punishable by two years' imprisonm

to grant; accorder", among many significations, of which "to grant" is one, has that of acknowledging or declaring any proposition to be good or true; and from the context, such ap

To grant.

Lat I grant A word used in old Anglo-Saxon grants, and in statutes merchant

Lat. Ihave granted. At common law, in a feoffment or estate of inheritance, this word dees not imply a warranty; it only creates a covenant in a lease for years. Co. Lilt. s84a,; 2

I. I. In old cealed. Concelamentnm:

the term “concentrating solar power devices” means devices that concentrate the power of the sun by reflection or refraction to improve the efficiency of a photovoltaic or thermal

In medical jurisprudence, the beginning of pregnancy, (q. v.)

In the civil law. A thaft (furtum) was called "conceptum" when the thing stolen was searched for, and found upon some person in the presence of witnesses. Inst. 4. 1. 4.

1. That which relates or pertains to one; matter of concernment; affair; business. 2. An establishment for the carrying on of a business, as a buying and selling or manufacturing f

This is a phrase often employed in statutes, contracts, etc., in the sense of having to do with, having part or share in, being engaged in or with, etc. "'Being concerned in' is *

an existing, going lottery or gambling scheme.

Relating to; pertaining to; affecting; involving; being engaged in or taking part im U. S. v. Fulkerson (D. C.) 74 Fed. 631; May v. Brown, 3 Bam. & C. 137; Ensworth v. Holly, 33 Mo

Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views. 192 111. 196. CONCESSI (Lat. I have granted). A term formerly used in deeds. It is a word

unlawful conspiracies and constitutionally protected assemblies.

Section 7 of the Labor Relations Act took this conspiracy weapon away from the employer in employment relations which affect interstate commerce. No longer can any state, as to rel

A union's inducements or encouragements reaching individual employees of neutral employers only as they happen to approach the picketed place of business generally are not aimed at

The union between the chief powers of Europe for purposes of concerted action in matters affecting their mutual interests. It is sometimes called the Primacy of the Great Powers. I

I have granted.

We have granted.

In old English law. A grant; one of the old common assurances, or forms of conveyance, being properly of things incorporeal which cannot pass by deed. 2 Bl. Comm. 317. CONCESSIO PE

The concession referred to in the bill of exception is, upon its face, not a grant, nor a survey, but it is, as is expressed in the bill of exceptions, only a warrant, or order, au

The term “concessionaire” means a private individual or a private or publicly chartered corporation or entity that enters into an asset concession with an eligible entity.

the term “concessional rate of interest” means any rate of interest which is less than market rates of interest; and

a binding written agreement between the Director and a concessioner.

A grant from the king ought to be of that which can be ascertained.

9 Coke, 46. A grant by the king ought to be made from certainty.

A grant ought to have a broad construction against the grantor.

A grant ought to have a broad interpretation (to be liberally Interpreted) against the grantor. Jenin Cent 279.

A form of action of debt on simple contract which lies by custom in the mayor's courts of London and Bristol. The declaration is to the effect that the defendant on a fictitious da

A grantor.

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 grantee.

In old English law. Such as find out concealed lands; that is, lands privily kept from the king by common persons having nothing to show for them, They are called “a troublesome, d

A council house. Towns. PI. 184.

“Conciliation” means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint, or by the investigation of such complaint, through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved pers

“Conciliation agreement” means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.

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

CONSILIUM. L. Lat. In English practice. Argument; or the sitting of a court to hear argument. Dies concilii; a day to hear the counsel of both parties in court. Ulterius concilium;

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

See Curia Regis; Privy Council; Commune Concilium.

Lat. A discourse or sermon. Towns, PI, 212.

In old records. A common counctl man; a freeman called to a legislative hall or assembly. Cowell.

I. In old practice, to draw a legal instrument.

To finish; determine; to estop; to prevent.

Ended; determined; estopped ; prevented from.

Matter in a declaration following the statement of the cause of action. See 7 Ark. 282. The formal closing of a plea.

remedies, an estopel; a bar; the act of a man by which he has confessed a matter or thing which he can no longer deny; as, for example, the sheriff is concluded by his return to a

The proper form for the conclusion of an indictment for an offense created by statute is the technical phrase "against the form of the statute in such case made and provided ;" or,

Inferences drawn from the subordinate or evidentiary facts. See 175 111. 480, 51 N. E. 775.

A legal inference. See 28 Minn. 69, 9 N. W. 75.

The motion admits as facts allegations describing the manner in which the business is carried on, but not legal conclusions from those facts. The allegations that interstate or for

In pleading. The tender of an issue for trial by a jury. When the issue is tendered by the defendant, it is as follows: "And of this the said C. D. puts himself upon the country."

Shutting up a matter; shutting out all further evidence; not admitting of explanation or contradiction; putting an end to inquiry; final; decisive. Hoadley v. Hammond, 63 Iowa, 599

That which cannot be controlled or contradicted by any other evidence.

Until the agent determined that the core had settled, the contractor had no right to do this part of the work. No matter how long the delay or how great the damage, he was entitled

when the judgment is used in pleading as a technical estoppel, or is relied on by way of evidence as conclusive, per se, it must appear, by the record of the prior suit, that the p

This court have repeatedly decided, that at law, no facts behind the patent can be investigated. A court of law has concurrent jurisdiction with a court of equity in matters of fra

The presumption is declared to be conclusive and cannot be overcome by evidence. It is no mere prima facie presumption of fact.

under the statute before us, the fact of membership alone disqualifies. If the rule be expressed as a presumption of disloyalty, it is a conclusive one.

Z. In the civil law. To extort from the fears of & person.

An agreement, or supposed agreement, between the parties in levying a fine of lands, in which the deforciant (or he who keeps the- other out of possession) acknowledges that the la

To reconcile laws with other laws is the best method of interpreting them.

To make laws agree with laws is the best mode of interpreting them. Halk. Max. 70.

A convention; a pact; an agreement. The term is generally confined to the agreements made between independent governments, and most usually applied to those between the pope and so

I lu old practice, agreed, agreed or unanimous, — said of the

Lat In old English law. An agreement or concord. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 3, § 5. The agreement or unanimity of a jury. Compellere ad concordiam. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 9, § 2.

The harmony of the discordant canons. A collection of ecclesiastical constitutions made by Gratian, an Italian monk, A. D. 1151; more commonly known by the name of "Decretum Gratia

4 Inst. 74. Small means increase by concord and litigations by opulence.

(Scotch) The simultaneous maintenance of a civil action and a criminal prosecution for the same act.

The term "concrete actions" means actions that demonstrate increased efforts by the government of a country to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficki

The term "concrete masonry products" refers to a broader class of products, including concrete masonry units as well as hardscape products such as concrete pavers and seg

The term "concrete masonry unit"— (A) means a concrete masonry product that is a manmade masonry unit having an actual width of 3 inches or greater and manufactured from

Accusation of two or more for the same offense.

A fold, pen, or place where cattle lie. Cowell.

Lying together.

A species of marriage which took place among the ancients, and which is yet in use in some countries. See "Concubinatus." The act or practice of cohabiting, in sexual commerce, wit

In the civil law. A species of marriage, or rather a half, or semi-marriage, (Lat. semi-matrimonium; Gr. ^^yttfjiog,) authorized by law. Shelf ord Marr. <k Div, 10. Cooper's Justin

A natural marriage, as contradistinguished from the justae nuptiae, or justum matrimonium, the civil marriage. The concubinatus was the only marriage which those who did not enjoy

A woman who cohabits with a man as his wife without being married. When a single woman consents unlawfully to cohabit with a man generally, as though the marriage relation existed

In the civil law. A woman taken to cohabit in the manner, and under the character of a wife, but without being authorized thereto by a legal marriage. Shelf ord Mart. A Div. 10, an

In Roman law. An informal, unsanctioned or "natural" marriage, as contradistinguished from the justœ nuptiæ or justum matrimonium, the civll marriage.

1. To go along together; to co-exist: as, in saying that in malicious prosecution malice and want of probable cause must concur. Concurrent. Co-existing; having effect, operation,

I. In old English law. To foot Conculcavit et cousumpsit:

He trampled upon and destroyed.

In Louisiana. To claim a part of the estate of an insolvent along with other claimants (6 Mart. [La.; N. S.] 460): as "the wife concurs with her husband's creditors, and claims a p

In the civil law. A joint or co-curator or guardian.

In French law. The equality of rights, or privilege which several persons have over the same thing; as, for example, the right which two judgment creditors, whose judgments were re

A verm of the French law nearly equivalent to "unfair trade competition;" and used in relation to the infringement of rights secured by trade-marks, etc. It signifies a dishonest,