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Confrontation
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ConfrontationCrim. 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.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
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.
Witness
The regular definition of this word is a person who perceives an event (by seeing, hearing, smelling or other sensory perception). The legal definition refers to the court-supervised recital of that sensory experience, in writing (deposition) or verbally (testimony).
Presence
The existence of a person in a particular place.
Accused
One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
Truth
The actual state of things.
Consent
Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another.
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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.
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.
Confusion
The concurrence of two qualities in the same subject, which mutually destroy each other.
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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
Confusion
The concurrence of two qualities in the same subject, which mutually destroy each other.
Conge'
A French word which signifies permission, and is understood in that sense in law.
Congeable
English law. This word is nearly obsolete. It is derived from the French conge', permission, leave; it signifies that a thing is lawful or lawfully done, or done with permission; as entry congeable, and the like.
Congregation
A society of a number of persons who compose an ecclesiastical body.
Congress
Med. juris. This name was anciently given in France, England, and other countries, to the-indecent intercourse between married persons, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the courts, in cases when the husband or wife was charged by the other with impotence.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
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.
Witness
The regular definition of this word is a person who perceives an event (by seeing, hearing, smelling or other sensory perception). The legal definition refers to the court-supervised recital of that sensory experience, in writing (deposition) or verbally (testimony).
Presence
The existence of a person in a particular place.
Accused
One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
Truth
The actual state of things.
Consent
Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another.
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.
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
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.
Confusion
The concurrence of two qualities in the same subject, which mutually destroy each other.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
Confusion
The concurrence of two qualities in the same subject, which mutually destroy each other.
Conge'
A French word which signifies permission, and is understood in that sense in law.
Congeable
English law. This word is nearly obsolete. It is derived from the French conge', permission, leave; it signifies that a thing is lawful or lawfully done, or done with permission; as entry congeable, and the like.
Congregation
A society of a number of persons who compose an ecclesiastical body.
Congress
Med. juris. This name was anciently given in France, England, and other countries, to the-indecent intercourse between married persons, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the courts, in cases when the husband or wife was charged by the other with impotence.
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