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conjugal union.See MARRIAGE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

conjugal rights.The rights and privileges arising from the marriage relationship, including the mutual rights of companionship, support, and sexual relations. • Loss of conjugal rights amounts to loss of consortium. See CONSORTIUM. [Cases: Husband and Wife  1–354. C.J.S. Estates § 19.] [Blacks Law 8th]

conjugal (kon-j<<schwa>>-g<<schwa>>l), adj. Of or relating to the married state, often with an implied emphasis on sexual relations between spouses < the prisoner was allowed a private bed for conjugal visits>. [Cases: Husband and Wife  1–354. C.J.S. Estates § 19.] [Blacks Law 8th]

conjudex (kon-joo-deks). [fr. Latin con “together” + judex “judge”] Hist. An associate judge. [Blacks Law 8th]

conjoint will.See joint will under WILL. [Blacks Law 8th]

conjoint robbery.See ROBBERY. [Blacks Law 8th]

conjecture (k<<schwa>>n-jek-ch<<schwa>>r), n. A guess; supposition; surmise. [Cases: Criminal Law  486(2); Evidence  555.4(2). C.J.S. Evidence § 609.] — conjecture (k<<schwa>>n-jek-ch<<schwa>>r), vb. — conjectural (k<<schwa>>n-jek-ch<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>l), adj. CONJOINT conjoint (k<<schwa>>n-joynt), n. A person connected with another in a joint interest, obligation, or undertaking, such as a cotenant or spouse. — conjoint,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

conjectura pietatis (k<<schwa>>n-jek-ch<<schwa>>-r<<schwa>> pI-<<schwa>>-tay-tis).[Latin] Hist. A con-clusion arising from a natural duty. [Blacks Law 8th]

conjectural choice, rule of.The principle that no basis for recovery is presented when all theories of causation rest only on conjecture. See CONJECTURE. [Cases: Negligence  1694, 1713. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 834–841, 844, 846, 865.] [Blacks Law 8th]

conjectio causae (k<<schwa>>n-jek-shee-oh kaw-zee). [Latin “putting together of a cause”] Roman law. A summary presentation of a case before the court by the parties or their advocates.[Blacks Law 8th]