The act of confiscating; or of condemning and adjudging to the public treasury. Confiscation acts. Certain acts of congress, enacted during the progress of the civil war (1861 and 1862) in the exercise of the war powers of the government and meant to strengthen its hands and aid in suppressing the rebellion, which authorized the seizure, condemnation, and forfeiture of … [Read more...] about CONFISCATION
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CONFISK
An old form of confiscate. … [Read more...] about CONFISK
CONFITENS REUS
An accused person who admits his guilt. … [Read more...] about CONFITENS REUS
CONFIRM
1. To note to another that something is agreed or is true. 2. To swear into office, to formally install into a position. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition To complete or establish that which was Imperfect or uncertain; to ratify what has been done without authority or insufficiently. Boggs v. Mining Co., 14 Cal 305; Railway Co. v. Ransom, 15 Tex. Civ. App. 689, 41 … [Read more...] about CONFIRM
CONFLICT
The opposition or difference between two judicial jurisdictions, when they both claim the right to decide a cause, or where they both declare their incompetency. The first is called a positive conflict, and the, latter a negative conflict. … [Read more...] about CONFLICT