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CongressMed. 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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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Intercourse
Communication; commerce; connexion by reciprocal dealings between persons or nations, as by interchange of commodities, treaties, contracts, or letters.
Presence
The existence of a person in a particular place.
Witnesses
People who may have information of a Fraud based on observation.
Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
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.
Husband
Maritime law. The name of an agent who is authorized to make the necessary repairs to a ship, and to act in relation to the ship, generally, for the owner. He is usually called ship's hushand.
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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.
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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.
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
Conjecture
Conjectures are ideas or notions founded on probabilities without any demonstration of their truth.
Conjoints
Persons married to each other.
Conjugal
Matrimonial; belonging, to marriage as, conjugal rights, or the rights which belong to the husband or wife as such.
Conjuration
A swearing together. It signifies a plot, bargain, or compact made by a number of persons under oath, to do some public harm.
Connecting factors
Contracts. In the conflict of law, connecting factors, or contacts, are facts which tend to connect a transaction or occurrence with a particular law or jurisdiction (e.g. the domicile, residence, nationality or place of incorporation of the parties; the place(s) of conclusion or performance of the contract; the place(s) where the tort or delict was committed or where its harm was felt; the flag or country of registry of the ship; the shipowner's base of operations, etc.).
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Intercourse
Communication; commerce; connexion by reciprocal dealings between persons or nations, as by interchange of commodities, treaties, contracts, or letters.
Presence
The existence of a person in a particular place.
Witnesses
People who may have information of a Fraud based on observation.
Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
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.
Husband
Maritime law. The name of an agent who is authorized to make the necessary repairs to a ship, and to act in relation to the ship, generally, for the owner. He is usually called ship's hushand.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
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
Conjecture
Conjectures are ideas or notions founded on probabilities without any demonstration of their truth.
Conjoints
Persons married to each other.
Conjugal
Matrimonial; belonging, to marriage as, conjugal rights, or the rights which belong to the husband or wife as such.
Conjuration
A swearing together. It signifies a plot, bargain, or compact made by a number of persons under oath, to do some public harm.
Connecting factors
Contracts. In the conflict of law, connecting factors, or contacts, are facts which tend to connect a transaction or occurrence with a particular law or jurisdiction (e.g. the domicile, residence, nationality or place of incorporation of the parties; the place(s) of conclusion or performance of the contract; the place(s) where the tort or delict was committed or where its harm was felt; the flag or country of registry of the ship; the shipowner's base of operations, etc.).
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