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The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. It was not until the year 1665 that the territory now known as the state of Connecticut was united under one government. … [Read more...] about CONNECTICUT

Kinship; blood relationship ; the connection or relation of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor. 2 Bl. Comm. 202; Blodget v. Brinsmaid, 9 Vt 30; State v. De Hart, 109 La. 570, 33 South. 605; Tepper v. Supreme Council, 59 N. J. Eq. 321, 45 Atl. IU; Rector v. Drury, 8 Pin. (Wis.) 298. Lineal and collateral consanguinity. Lineal consanguinity is that which … [Read more...] about CONSANGUINITY

Relations by blood or marriage, but more commonly the relations of a person with whom one is connected by marriage. In this sense, the relations of a wife are "connections" of her husband. The term is vague and Indefinite. See Storer v. Wheatley, 1 Pa. 507. … [Read more...] about CONNECTIONS

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'