Law Dictionary

The term “conditions of use” means the circumstances, as determined by the Administrator, under which a chemical substance is intended, known, or reasonably foreseen to be manufact

conditions precedent must be strictly performed to make the estate vest, and though become impossible, even by the act of God, the estate will not vest

a condition subsequent presupposes a contract in effect which may be defeated by the happening or performance of a condition.

Same as Condition precedent.

A condition precedent is to be fulfilled before the effect can follow.

An indispensable condition.

l. In the civil law. To hira

In civil law. Co-ownerships or limited ownerships, such as emphyteusis, superficies, pignus, hypotheca, ususfructus, usus and habitatio. These were more than mere jura in re aliena

As used in this section, the term “condominium” means a multi-unit housing project which is subject to a plan of family unit ownership acceptable to the Secretary under which each

“condominium association” means the organization, whose membership consists exclusively of all the unit owners in the condominium project, which is, or will be responsible for the

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “condominium management association” means an organization which meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of section 528(c) (other than subp

“condominium project” means real estate (A) which has five or more residential condominium units, in each residential structure, and the remaining portions of the real estate are d

For purposes of subsection (b), the term “condominium unit” means a unit of residential or commercial property to be designated for separate ownership pursuant to a condominium pla

A Spanish law term, signifying the remission of a debt.

I. In old English law. To forgive; to remit.

The conditional forgiveness or remission, by a husband or vidfe, of a matrimonial offense which the other has committed. Condonation is the remission by one of the named parties of

To make condonation of.

to lead, run, manage, or direct.

See "Actio ex Conducto." CONDUCTIO (Lat.) A hiring; a bailment for hire. It is the correlative of locatio, ^ letting for hire. Condueti actio, in the civil law, is an action which

A hiring.

[I]t has never been deemed an abridgment of freedom of speech or press to make a course of conduct illegal merely because the conduct was in part initiated, evidenced, or carried o

In English' practice. Money paid to a witness who has been subpoenaetf on a trial, sufficient to defray the reasonable expenses of going to, staying at, and returning from the plac

One who conducts or escorts. In the law and usage of railways, a trainman who directs the movements of the train and is responsible for the execution of orders in respect to the sa

In the civil law. A person who engages to perform a piece of work for another, at a stated price.

the term “conducts” includes initiating, concluding, or participating in initiating, or concluding a transaction;

the term “conduct transcending national boundaries” means conduct occurring outside of the United States in addition to the conduct occurring in the United States;

A thing hired.

The term “conduit” means any tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, m

A woman at fourteen or fifteen years of age may take charge of her house, and receive cone and key, — that is, keep the accounts and keys. Cowell. Said by Lord Coke to be "cover an

In Roman law. A sacrificial rite resorted to by marrying persons of high patrician or priestly degree, for the purpose of clothing the husband with the manus over his wife; the civ

confexion, confectloun, I. fr., Confectio, t I. In old English law. The making or execution of a written instrument. Confeccion d'la chartr': the making of the charter.

Execution of a written instrument.

Lat. [from conficere, to make; L. Fr. confeccion.] In old English law. A, or the making or execution of a charter, deed or other written instrument. Bract, fol 39 b, 398. Plowd, 10

In Criminal Law. An agreement between two or more persons to do an unlaw- The technical term usually employed to signify this oflfense is "conspiracy." In Equity Pleading. An impro

crim. law, is an agreement between two or more persons to do an unlawful act, or an act, which though not unlawful in itself, becomes so by the confederacy. The technical term usua

As the bonds of the Confederate States have been declared illegal by the Fourteenth Amendment, a contract entered into since the war for the sale and delivery of such bonds is void

Contracts made during the rebellion in Confederate money may be enforced in the United States courts, and parties compelled to pay in lawful money of the United States the actual v

While the war lasted, however, they had a certain contingent value, and were used as money in nearly all the business transactions of many millions of people. They must be regarded

Persons not technically agents or employees may be specifically enjoined from knowingly aiding a defendant in performing a prohibited act if their relation is that of associate or

The Confederate States were a dc facto government in the sense that its citizens were bound to render the government obedience in civil matters, and did not become responsible, as

The name given to that form of government which the American colonies during the Revolution devised for their mutual safety and government.

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 acceleratin

In this section, the term "confer" means to engage in an open and free exchange of information and opinions that— (1) leads to mutual understanding and comprehension; and

In this section, the term “conference”— (1) means a meeting that— (A) is held for consultation, education, awareness, or discussion; (B) includes participants from at least one age

To admit the truth of a charge or accusation. Usually spoken of charges of tortious or criminal conduct

A plea to an assignment of error, admitting the same.

Lat. A cohfession. Confessio in judicio, a confession made in or before a court. Confessio facta in judicio omni probatione major est. A confession made in court is of greater effe

A confession made in court is greater than all proof.

As used in this section, the term “confession” means any confession of guilt of any criminal offense or any self-incriminating statement made or given orally or in writing.

In pleading. The admission in a pleading of the truth of the facts as stated in the pleading to which it is an answer, and the allegation of new and related matter of fact which de

In English practice. Where defendant alleges a ground of defense arising since the commencement of the action, the plaintiff may deliver confession of such defense and sign j'udg-m

A formal acknowledgment of an obligation or indebtedness before a court, upon which a judgment may be entered against the maker. See 53 Barb. (N. Y) 615.

v. Pro confesso.

A priest of some Christian sect, who receives an account of the sins of his people, and undertakes to give them absolution of their sins. The common law does not recognize any such

See "Actio Confessoria." CONFESSUS IN JUDICIO PRO JUDIcato habetur et quodammodo sua sententia damnatur. A person who 'has confessed in court is deemed as having had judgment passe

One who confesses in court is held to have been adjudged and in a manner is condemned by his own sentence.

11 Coke, 30. A person confessing his guilt when arraigned is deemed to have been found guilty, and ls, as it were, condemned by his own sentence.

Lat. [from con, together, wadfacere, to make.] In old English law. To make or execute, as a deed or other written instrument. Confidendus; to be made. Towns. PI, 97. Confectus; mad

This word is considered peculiarly appropriate to create a trust. It is capable of. Trust is a confidence which one man reposes in another, and confidence is a trust. Coates' Appea

A method of swindling. 265 111. 283. Any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. 261 111. 322.

A swindler; a trickster.

Intrusted with the confidence of another or with his secret affairs or purposes; intended to be held in confidenco or kept secret. —Confidential communications. See Communication.

Communications between the spouses, privately made, are generally assumed to have been intended to be confidential, and hence they are privileged; but, wherever a communication, be

a confidential communication between husband and wife was privileged... marital communications are presumptively confidential.

Those statements with regard to any transaction made by one person to another during the continuance of some relation between them which calls for or warrants such communications.

This term has been applied to the creditors of a failing debtor who furnished him with the means of obtaining credit to which he was not entitled, involving in loss the unsuspectin

“confidential employee” means an employee who acts in a confidential capacity with respect to an individual who formulates or effectuates management policies in the field of labor-

Confidentiality.—The term “confidentiality” means preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary infor

Although marital communications are presumed to be confidential, that presumption may be overcome by proof of facts showing that they were not intended to be private. The presence

Confidential phone records information.—The term “confidential phone records information” means information that— (A) relates to the quantity, technical configuration, type, destin

A fiduciary relation. These phrases are used as convertible terms. It is a peculiar relation which exists between client and attorney, principal and agent, principal and surety, la

wherever confidence is reposed, and one party has it in his power, in a secret manner, for his own advantage, to sacrifice those interests which he is bound to protect, he will not

The term “confined or incarcerated individual”— (i) means an individual who is serving a criminal sentence in a Federal, State, or local penal institution, prison, jail, reformator

Co.nfinement may be by either a moral or a physical restraint, by threats of violence with a present force or by physical restraint of the person. U. S. v. Thompson, 1 Sumn. 171, F

To make firm, or more firm; to give more strength to. The word is held not to impart a warranty in a conveyance of real estate. Used in a conveyance of real estate "confirm" does n

Lat. [from con, together, and firmare, to strengthen.] In old English law and conveyancing. To confirm; to make firm, or strong, (Jirmum facere; Liti, sect. 520); to give additiona

To confirm is to make firm what was previously infirm.

No one can confirm a right before it has fallen to him.

A confirmation.

A statute confirming Magna Charta and Carta de Foresta.

A confirmation increasing a rightful estate.

A confirmation releasing part of the services supporting a tenure.

UBI DONum praecedens est Invalidum. A confirmation is null where the preceding gift is invalid. Co. Litt. 295; F. Moore, 764. CONFIRMATIO OMNES SUPPLET DEfectus, licet id quod actu

A confirmation is a nullity, where the preceding gift is invalid.

The confirmation only enures to the benefit of the confirmee so far as the legal title is concerned. It establishes the legal title in him, but it does not determine the equitable

No subsequent confirmation, nor new contract stipulating to pay the debt, with the usurious interest, will make it valid.

(Scotch) The formal clothing of the executor with title.

a confirmation passes no title; it effects no change of property; it disturbs no seisin. It is therefore itself an act of a character less solemn than is the act of avoiding a deed

Congress... constituted itself the tribunal of ultimate decision of the validity or invalidity of the claim, as, of course, it might do in the discharge of the treaty obligations,

The confirmation of a judicial sale by the court which ordered it is a signification in some way (usually by the entry of an order) of the court's approval of the terms, price, and

A conveyance of some right to one who has possession or some estate in the land. See 95 U. S. 551, 24 L. Ed. 456.

Confirmation supplies all defects, though what has been done was not valid at the beginning.

A confirmation making valid a defeasible title.

A confirmation which makes valid a wrongful and defeasible title, or makes a conditional estate absolute. Shep. Touch. 311.

He confirms a use who removes an abuse.

I have confirmed or ratified.

Lat I have confirmed. The emphatic word in the ancient deeds of confirmation. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14, § 5.

Where there is a specific tract of land confirmed according to ascertained boundaries, the legal effect of the confirmation is to establish the right and locate the claim, but wher

He to whom a confirmation is made.

He who makes a confirmation to another.