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Confession
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ConfessionA statement made by a person suspected or charged with a crime, that he (or she) did, in fact, commit that crime.
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Statement
Pleading and in practice. In the courts of Pennsylvania, by the act to regulate arbitrations and proceedings in courts of justice, is enacted, "that in all cases where a suit may be brought in any court of record for the recovery of any debt founded on a verbal promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill, or all or any of them, and which from the amount thereof may not be cognizable before a justice of the peace, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, either by himself, his agent or attorney, to file in the office of the pro-thonotary a statement of his, her or their demand, on or before the third day of the term to which the process issued is returnable, particularly specifying the date of the promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill or all or any of them, on which the demand is founded, and the whole amount which he, she, or they believe is justly due to him, her or them from the defendant."
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Fact
An action; a thing done. It is either simple or compound.
Commit
To send a person to prison, asylum, or reformatory by a court order.
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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
1) 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.
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.
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.
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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
1) 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.
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
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.
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Statement
Pleading and in practice. In the courts of Pennsylvania, by the act to regulate arbitrations and proceedings in courts of justice, is enacted, "that in all cases where a suit may be brought in any court of record for the recovery of any debt founded on a verbal promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill, or all or any of them, and which from the amount thereof may not be cognizable before a justice of the peace, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, either by himself, his agent or attorney, to file in the office of the pro-thonotary a statement of his, her or their demand, on or before the third day of the term to which the process issued is returnable, particularly specifying the date of the promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill or all or any of them, on which the demand is founded, and the whole amount which he, she, or they believe is justly due to him, her or them from the defendant."
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Fact
An action; a thing done. It is either simple or compound.
Commit
To send a person to prison, asylum, or reformatory by a court order.
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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
1) 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.
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.
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--------------------------------------
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
1) 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.
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
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.
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