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confessio in judicio (k<<schwa>>n-fesh-ee-oh in joo-dish-ee-oh). [Latin “confession in court”] Hist. An in-court confession. [Blacks Law 8th]

confessing error.A plea admitting to an assignment of error. See ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR . [Blacks Law 8th]

confessed judgment.See CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

Conference of Chief Justices.An organization consisting of the highest judicial officers of all the states in the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. • Established in 1949, the organization seeks to improve…

conference committee.See COMMITTEE. [Blacks Law 8th]

conference. 1.CONVENTION(3).2. A meeting between the two houses of a bicameral legislature. See conference committee under COMMITTEE. “It is proper for either house to request a conference with the other on any matter of difference or dispute between them. When a conference is requested, the subject of the conference should always be stated. One house may request a…

conferee (kon-f<<schwa>>r-ee). See MANAGER(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

confederation. 1. A league or union of states or nations, each of which retains its sovereignty but also delegates some rights and powers to a central authority. • The United States, for example, was first organized under the Articles of Confederation. Cf. FEDERATION. “A confederation is a union, more or less complete, of two or…

confederate,n. An ally; esp., a coconspirator or accomplice. [Cases: Conspiracy  39; Criminal Law  59. C.J.S. Conspiracy §§ 134, 137; Criminal Law §§ 127, 998.] [Blacks Law 8th]

confederacy clause.Archaic. A clause in a complaint charging that the defendant or defendants have combined with others (who may yet be named as defendants) to defraud or deprive the plaintiff of personal rights. [Blacks Law 8th]