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confederacy,n.1. A league of states or countries that have joined for mutual support or joint action; an alliance. 2. An association of two or more persons, usu. for unlawful purposes; CONSPIRACY. [Cases: Conspiracy  1.1, 2, 23.1, 24. C.J.S. Conspiracy §§ 2–3, 8–17, 98, 100–103, 110, 113–122, 204.] 3. The fact or condition of being allied…

confectio (k<<schwa>>n-fek-shee-oh), n. [Latin “a completing”] Hist. The act of making or executing a written instrument. Pl. confectiones (k<<schwa>>n-fek-shee-oh-neez). [Blacks Law 8th]

confarreatio (k<<schwa>>n-far-ee-ay-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. A religious ceremony used to wed members of the Patrician class in ancient Rome. • By this ceremony, the wife was brought into the husband’s family and placed under the husband’s protection (manus). Pl. confarreationes (k<<schwa>>n-far-ee-ay-shee-oh-neez). See MANUS(1). Cf. COEMPTIO; USUS(3). “Anciently, there were three modes in which marriage…

conduit taxation.See pass-through taxation under TAXATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

conductus (k<<schwa>>n-d<<schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>s), n. [fr. Latin conducere “to hire”] Roman law. A person or thing hired by a conductor. [Blacks Law 8th]

conductor operarum  (k<<schwa>>n-d<<schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>r [or -tor] op-<<schwa>>-rair-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “a hirer of labor”] Roman law. A person who hires another’s labor, esp. manual labor, at a stated price; an employer. [Blacks Law 8th]

conductor (k<<schwa>>n-d<<schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>r or -tor), n. [Latin “one who hires”] Roman law. 1. A lessee or a person who hires the services of another; a hirer. 2. A person hired to make a specific work; a contractor. • A contractor, esp. for the provision of public services, was also called manceps or redemptor. See MANCEPS; LOCATOR(1). [Blacks Law…

  conduct money.See witness fee under FEE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

conductio (k<<schwa>>n-d<<schwa>>k-shee-oh), n. [Latin “a hiring”] Roman law. The hiring or leasing of services or property. Pl.conductiones (k<<schwa>>n-d<<schwa>>k-shee-oh-neez). See locatio conductio under LOCATIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

conduct,n. Personal behavior, whether by action or inaction; the manner in which a person behaves. • Conduct does not include the actor’s natural death or a death that results from behavior consciously engaged in but not reasonably expected to have this result. — conduct,vb. “The word ‘conduct’ … covers both acts and omissions…. In cases in…