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  concur (k<<schwa>>n-k<<schwa>>r), vb.1. To agree; to consent. 2. In a judicial opinion, to agree with the judgment in the case (usu. as expressed in the opinion of another judge), or the opinion of another judge, but often for different reasons or through a different line of reasoning. 3. (Of a house in a bicameral…

concubitor (k<<schwa>>n-kyoo-bi-tohr), n. One who keeps a concubine. [Blacks Law 8th]

concubine (kong-ky<<schwa>>-bIn).1.Archaic. A woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not married. • A concubine is often considered a wife without title. A concubine’s status arises from the permanent cohabitation of a man and a woman as husband and wife although without the benefit of marriage. Cf. common-law wife under WIFE; COURTESAN.…

concubinatus (kon-kyoo-bi-nay-t<<schwa>>s), n. [Latin “concubinage”] Roman law. A permanent, mono-gamous union of a man and a woman who are not legally married. • Concubinatus was not prohibited by law, but carried fewer benefits than a legal marriage. Cf. JUSTAE NUPTIAE. “[C]oncubinage (concubinatus) … was something to which we have no precise analogue in modern law,…

concubinage (kon-kyoo-b<<schwa>>-nij), n.1. The relationship of a man and woman who cohabit without the benefit of marriage. [Cases: Marriage  22. C.J.S. Marriage §§ 24–25.] 2. The state of being a concubine. 3.Hist. A plea in a dower action made by a defendant who asserts that the plaintiff is the defendant’s concubine rather than wife. “Concubinage,…

concourse (kon-kors orkong-).Scots law. 1. The simultaneous existence of two actions based on the same facts, esp. a civil action and a criminal action; the concurrence of a public prosecutor in a private prosecution. 2. The concurrence of the public prosecutor to a criminal prosecution by a private person. “A private party may prosecute for…

Concordia discordantium canonum (kon-kor-dee-<<schwa>> dis-kor-dan-shee-<< schwa>>m k<<schwa>>-nohn-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “the harmony of the discordant canons”] Hist. A collection of eccle-siastical authorities compiled by Gratian, an Italian monk, ca. 1140. • Gratian analyzed questions of law by drawing conclusions from side-by-side comparisons of a variety of texts. Later canonist scholarship usu. pro-ceeded from Gratian’s work. — Also…

concordatory (k<<schwa>>n-kor-d<<schwa>>-tor-ee), adj. Of or relating to a concordat, esp.one between church and state in France.[Blacks Law 8th]

concordat (kon- or k<<schwa>>n-kor-dat).1. An agreement between a government and a church, esp. the Roman Catholic Church. [Cases: Religious Societies  29. C.J.S. Religious Societies §§ 36–37.] “The qualification of a treaty as a concordat depends only upon its object and purpose, not upon the name or outward form chosen by the parties. Although the term…

concord (kon-kord orkong-), n.1. An amicable arrangement between parties, esp. between peoples or nations; a compact or treaty. 2.Archaic.An agreement to compromise and settle an action in trespass. “Concord is an Agreement made between two or more, upon a Trespass committed; and is divided into Concord executory, and Concord executed… ; one binds not, as…