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  concessum (k<<schwa>>n-ses-<<schwa>>m), p.pl.[fr. Latin concedere “to grant”] Hist. Granted. • Judges used this term to signify their assent to a point made in argument; for example, a court might state that a particular proposition was concessum per totam curiam (“granted by the whole court”). [Blacks Law 8th]

concessor (k<<schwa>>n-ses-<<schwa>>r).Hist. A grantor. Cf. CONCESSUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

  conciliation,n.1. A settlement of a dispute in an agreeable manner. 2. A process in which a neutral person meets with the parties to a dispute and explores how the dispute might be resolved; esp., a relatively unstructured method of dispute resolution in which a third party facilitates communication between parties in an attempt to…

  concession bargaining.Labor law. A type of collective bargaining in which the parties negotiate the employees’ giving back previously gained improvements in wages, benefits, or working conditions in exchange for some form of job security, such as protection against layoffs.— Also termed employee givebacks; union givebacks. See COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. [Blacks Law 8th]

    concession,n.1. A government grant for specific privileges. 2. The voluntary yielding to a demand for the sake of a settlement. 3. A rebate or abatement. 4.Int’l law. A contract in which a country transfers some rights to a foreign enterprise, which then engages in an activity (such as mining) contingent on state approval…

    concessio (k<<schwa>>n-sesh-ee-oh). [Latin] Hist. A grant. • This is a term of conveyance used to convey in-corporeal property. Pl. concessiones. “Grants, concessiones; the regular method by the common law of transferring the property of incorporeal here-ditaments, or, such things whereof no livery can be had. For which reason all corporeal hereditaments, as lands and houses,…

concessimus (k<<schwa>>n-ses-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Hist. We have granted. • Concessimus is a term of conveyance that creates a joint covenant on the part of the grantors. [Blacks Law 8th]  

  concerted activity.Labor law. Action by employees concerning wages or working conditions. • Concerted activity is protected by the National Labor Relations Act and cannot be used as a basis for disciplining or discharging an employee. [Cases: Labor Relations  281. C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 263–264.] “Typical protected concerted activity involves union organizing, the discussion of unionization…

concerted refusal to deal.Antitrust. An agreement between two or more persons or firms to not do business with a third party. • The parties to the agreement may or may not be competitors. Concerted refusals to deal may violate § 1 of the Sherman Act and are analyzed under either the per se rule or…

concerted action.An action that has been planned, arranged, and agreed on by parties acting together to further some scheme or cause, so that all involved are liable for the actions of one another. — Also termed concert of action. [Cases: Conspiracy  2, 24(1). C.J.S. Conspiracy §§ 9–15, 17, 113–116.] [Blacks Law 8th]