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conservator (k<<schwa>>n-s<<schwa>>r-v<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r orkon-s<<schwa>>r-vay-t<<schwa>>r), n. A guardian, protector, or preserver. • Conservator is the modern equivalent of the common-law guardian. Judicial appointment and supervision are still required, but a conservator has far more flexible authority than a guardian, including the same investment powers that a trustee enjoys. The Uniform Probate Code uses the term conservator, and…

conservation.Environmental law. The supervision, management, and maintenance of natural resources; the protection, improvement, and use of natural resources in a way that ensures the highest social as well as economic benefits. [Cases: Environmental Law  31–51.] [Blacks Law 8th]

consequential loss.See LOSS. [Blacks Law 8th]

  consequentialism.Ethics. An ethical theory that judges the rightness or wrongness of actions according to their consequences. • One of the best-known types of consequentialism is utilitarianism. See UTILITARIANISM. Cf. VIRTUE ETHICS . [Blacks Law 8th]

consequential injury.See consequential loss under LOSS. [Blacks Law 8th]

consequential economic loss.See ECONOMIC LOSS.[Blacks Law 8th]

consequential damages.See DAMAGES. [Blacks Law 8th]

consequential contempt.See CONTEMPT. [Blacks Law 8th]

consent to be sued.Agreement in advance to be sued in a particular forum. See COGNOVIT CLAUSE. [Cases: Corporations  662; States  191; United States  125. C.J.S. Corporations § 941; States §§ 196–197, 202, 297–307, 314; United States §§ 217–226, 228–230, 234–239, 247.] [Blacks Law 8th]

consent to notice.A provision stating that notice required by a document may be given beforehand or to a des-ignated person.[Blacks Law 8th]