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Conference
Conference1) Practice. It is the meeting of the parties or their attorneys in a cause, for the purpose of endeavoring to settle the same. 2) In legislation, when the senate and house of representatives cannot agree on a bill or resolution which it is desirable should be passed, committees are appointed by the two bodies respectively, who are called committees of confrence, and whose duty it is, if possible, to -reconcile the differences between them. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Practice The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts. Parties Contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement. Cause 1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action. Legislation Written and approved laws. Also known as "statutes" or "acts." In constitutional law, one would talk of the "power to legislate" or the "legislative arm of government" referring to the power of political bodies (eg: house of assembly, Congress, Parliament) to write the laws of the land. When 1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent. Senate Government. The less numerous branch of the legislature. House Estates. A place for the habitation and dwelling of man. This word has several significations, as it is applied to different things. In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass, even without the words "with the appurtenances," being added. Bill 1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty. Resolution 1) A solemn judgment or decision of a court. This word is frequently used in this sense, in Coke and some of the more ancient reporters. It also signifies an agreement to a law or other thing adopted by a legislature or popular assembly. 2) Civil law. The act by which a contract which existed and was good, is rendered null. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Confederacy 1) International law. An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and good. 2) Criminal law. 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. Confederation Government. The name given to that form of government which the American colonies, on shaking off the British yoke, devised for their mutual safety and government. Confessio Latin. Acknowledgment; admission; confession. Confessio facti Admission of a fact. Confessio juris Admission of the law -- of the effect of a thing in law. Confession A statement made by a person suspected or charged with a crime, that he (or she) did, in fact, commit that crime. Confessor Evid. 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. Confidence game A fraud scheme where the Perpetrator gains the confidence of the Mark to defraud the Mark in some way. Perfect Confidence Games are so effective that Marks do not report them to the authorities for fear of looking foolish or because the game involved something unlawful (such as illegal gambling). Confidential Particularly in close trading relationships, giving access to confidential information and trade secrets to trading partners can be risky. A duty to keep such material confidential can be imposed. This needs to be in respect of keeping information secret, preventing disclosure to third parties or being used with a view to going into competition. A separate confidentiality agreement or a term in another agreement should address such issues both during and after the relationship. Confidential information A contract will commonly contain a clause forbidding disclosure of trade secrets and confidential information to third parties during and after the contract. It will also often require company materials to be kept secure and returned (with any copies) when the contract ends. In the case of employment contracts, post termination restraints must be reasonable. Confidentiality Particularly in close trading relationships, giving access to confidential information and trade secrets to trading partners can be dangerous. If you are obliged to disclose sensitive material, you need protection to keep information secret and secure, prevent disclosure to third parties or stop commercial information being used to compete with you. A separate confidentiality agreement or a confidentiality undertaking term in another agreement should address these issues both during and after the relationship. Confidentiality-non-disclosure clause A contract term that requires participants not to disclose specified types of proprietary information, such as patents, trade secrets or copyrighted material, learned while performing a job. It should be limited to a defined duration, such as when the information is made public, or a one or two year period after employment or assignment. It should identify as specifically as possible the type of material to be kept confidential, and should limit in scope the nature of the material. For instance, the fact that the writer worked for a particular client should not have to be kept secret. Confirmatio chartorum The name given to a statute passed during reign of the English king Edward I. Confirmee He to whom a confirmation is made. Confirmor He who makes a confirmation to another. Confiscate Latin confiscare, to transfer to the public purse: fiscus, a purse. To transfer property from private to public use; to forfeit property to the prince or state. "Confiscation" is the act of the sovereign against a rebellious subject. "Condemnation" as prize is the act of a belligerent against another belligerent. Conflict The opposition or difference between two judicial jurisdictions, when they both claim the right to decide a cause, or where they both declare their incompetency. Conflict of interest When any professional is not capable of performing services due to previous relationships or present relationships and/or a situation where confidentiality can be broken. Conflict of jurisdiction The contest between two officers, who each claim to have cognizance of a particular case. Conflict of laws Conflict of Laws, also known as "Private International Law", was a term first coined by Joseph Story in his 1st Edition, 1834 of that name. Conformed copy An exact copy of a document on which has been written things that could not or were not copied, i.e., a written signature is replaced on the conformed copy with a notation that it was signed by the parties. Confrontation Crim. law, practice. The act by which a witness is brought in the presence of the accused, so that the latter may object to him, if he can, and the former may know and identify the accused, and maintain the truth in his presence. No man can be a witness unless confronted with the accused, except by consent. Confusion The concurrence of two qualities in the same subject, which mutually destroy each other. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Conduct money The money advanced to a witness who has been subpoenaed to enable him to attend a trial, i's so called. Conduct of the trial The manner in which a trial and its proceedings are carried out, e.g. the rules which decide such matters as the oath to be administered, and whether the court or opposing attorneys question witnesses. The conduct of the trial is purely a question for the lex fori (infra). Conductor operarum Civil law. One who undertakes, for a reward, to perform a job or piece of work for another. Confederacy 1) International law. An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and good. 2) Criminal law. 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. Confederation Government. The name given to that form of government which the American colonies, on shaking off the British yoke, devised for their mutual safety and government. Conference Confessio Latin. Acknowledgment; admission; confession. Confessio facti Admission of a fact. Confessio juris Admission of the law -- of the effect of a thing in law. Confession A statement made by a person suspected or charged with a crime, that he (or she) did, in fact, commit that crime. Confessor Evid. 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. 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