A permission or license from the British sovereign to a dean and chapter to elect a bishop, in time of vacation; or to an abbey or priory which is of […]
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CONGE FR
In the French law. Per- y mission, leave, license; a passport or clear- n ance to a vessel; a permission to arm, equip, or navigate a vessel.
CONGEABLE L FR
Lawful; permissible; allowable. “Disseisin is properly where a man entereth into any lands or tenements where his entry is not congcable. and 1/ putteth out him that hath the freehold.” […]
CONGENERIC MERGER
A merger with similar firms but no mutual contacts for business.
CONGESTION
The time of trading that happens at a narrow time without change in price. REfer to flat market and trading range .
CONGESTION PRICING
Installing fee strucures for motor ways during high traffic. It is based on supply and demand but used in urban areas through electronic systems.
CONGILD ONES
In Saxon law. Fel- low-members of a guild
CONGIUS
An ancient measure containing about a gallon and a pint. Cowell
CONGLOMERATE
A corporation that is run like a single business but has several firms to keep things diverse.
CONGLOMERATE BOOM
The time of merger in the late 1960s. Businesses were not able to make it alone so they grouped together. Technology and defense companies inflated the stock value reaching some […]
CONGLOMERATE DIVERSIFICATION
Diversifying by entering a new market with not relation to their own operations.
CONGLOMERATE FIRM
Controlling unrelated businesses at the same time.
CONGLOMERATE MERGER
A MERGER between companies from unrelated sectors. Conglomerate mergers, which were popular during the 1960s and 1970s, have been relatively rare since many unsuccessful deals were dismantled in the 1980s. […]
CONGREGATION
An assembly or so- ciety of persons who together constitute the flf] principal supporters of a particular parish, or habitually meet at the same church for religious exercises. Robertson v. […]
CONGRESS
In international law . An assembly of envoys, commissioners, deputies, etc., from different sovereignties who meet to concert measures for their common good , or to adjust their mutual concerns. […]
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
An agency that reports data about the federal budget for congress members. It gives an accuarate set of information to make good decisions about money and tax policy. Its a […]
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
the term that is applied to the printed daily record of what happens in congress.
CONGRESSUS
The extreme practical test of the truth of a charge of impotence brought against a husband by a wife. It is now disused. Causes CGltibres, 6, 183
CONGRUITY THEORY
The idea that a person is naturally not fond of pressure and want to be at peace with decisions made.
CONJECTIO
In the civil law of evidence. A throwing together. Presumption ; the putting of things together, with the inference drawn therefrom. CONJECTIO CAUSffi,In the civil law. A statement of the […]
CONJECTURAL EVIDENCE
This term applies to any evidence that is based on an estimate or a guess and is insufficient to form the basis of a conclusion.
CONJECTURE
A slight degree of credence, arising from evidence too weak or too remote to cause belief. Weed v. Scolield, 73 Conn. 670, 49 Atl. 22. Supposition or surmise. The idea […]
CONJOINT ANALYSIS
Research where customers trade off between two products. The most and least preferred analysis is used to evaulate the price an item should be.
CONJOINT WILL
a will made by more that one person where the money or property to be granted is owned by all people making the will.
CONJOINTS
Persons married to each other. Story, Confl. Laws,