con law
51con|cur|rence — «kuhn KUR uhns», noun. 1. a having the same opinion; agreement. SYNONYM(S): assent. 2. a happening at the same time. SYNONYM(S): coincidence, juncture. 3. a working together; cooperating. SYNONYM(S): cooperation …
52con|de|scend|ence — «KON dih SEHN duhns», noun. 1. = condescension. (Cf. ↑condescension) 2. (in Scots law) a specification of particulars of a plaintiff s claim …
53con|do|min|i|um — «KON duh MIHN ee uhm», noun. 1. U.S. a) an apartment house in which apartments are neither rentals nor cooperatives but are purchased as pieces of real estate and separately valued for property tax purposes. b) an apartment in such a building. 2 …
54con|fed|er|al — «kuhn FEHD uhr uhl, FEHD ruhl», adjective. of or having to do with a confederation; forming a confederation: »... the kind of confederal association under law which the nations of the world must ultimately achieve (Adlai E. Stevenson) …
55con|form|i|ty — «kuhn FR muh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. action in agreement with generally accepted standards of business, law, conduct, or worship; fitting oneself and one s actions to the ideas of others; compliance: »A deadly conformity will kill every… …
56con|niv|ance — «kuh NY vuhns», noun. 1. the act of conniving; pretended ignorance or secret encouragement of wrongdoing. 2. Law. guilty assent to, or knowledge or encouragement of, wrongdoing, without participation in it …
57con|script — «verb. kuhn SKRIHPT; adjective, noun. KON skrihpt», verb, adjective, noun. –v.t. 1. to compel by law to serve in the armed forces; draft. SYNONYM(S): recruit. 2. to take for government use: »The dictator proposed to conscript the services of both …
58con|sent|u|al — «kuhn SEHN tu uhl», adjective. Law. done by mutual or common consent: »a consentual act. ╂[influenced by consensual] …
59con|ser|va|tor — «KON suhr VAY tuhr, kuhn SUR vuh », noun. 1. a preserver; guardian: »A conservator, call me, if you please, not a creator or destroyer (Robert Browning). 2. a) a legally appointed guardian. b) a person or institution appointed by law to take… …
60con|sor|ti|um — «kuhn SR shee uhm», noun, plural ti|a « shee uh». 1. Law. a) a partnership; association. SYNONYM(S): coalition. b) union by marriage. 2. a) an agreement among bankers of several nations to give financial aid to another n …
