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The moral sense; the faculty of Judging the moral qualities of actions, or of discriminating between right aud wrong; particularly applied to one's perception and judgment of the moral qualities of his own conduct, but in a wider sense, denoting a similar application of the standards of morality to the acts of others. In law, especially the moral rule which requires probity, … [Read more...] about CONSCIENCE

In French law. This exists when two actions are pending which, although not Identical as in lis pendens, are so nearly similar in object that it is expedient to have them both adjudicated npon by the same judges. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 553. … [Read more...] about CONNEXITE'

This occurs when a matter of equity is decided by the court and it uses its conscience to decide the issue. When an issue is sent out of chancery to be tried at law to "inform the conscience of the court" the meaning is that the court is to be supplied with exact and dependable information as to the unsettled or disputed questions of fact in the case in order that it may … [Read more...] about CONSCIENCE OF THE COURT

The secret or indirect consent or permission of one person to the commission of an unlawful or criminal act by another. Oakland Bank v. Wilcox, 60 Cal. 137; Stote v. Gesell, 124 Mo. 531, 27 S. W. 1101. Literally, a winking at; intentional forbearance to see a fault or other act; generally implying consent to it Webster. Connivance is the corrupt consent of one party to the … [Read more...] about CONNIVANCE

In Scotch law. Knowledge of another's property ; knowledge that a thing is not one's own, but belongs to another. He who has this knowledge, and retains possession, is chargeable with "violent profits." … [Read more...] about CONSCIENTIA REI ALIEN