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Confederacy

Legal Definition and Related Resources of Confederacy

Meaning of Confederacy

In international law , the association of two or more nations for their mutual advantage and protection. In criminal law, denotes a conspiracy .

Confederacy Alternative Definition

In Criminal Law. An agreement between two or more persons to do an unlawful act, or an act which, though not unlawful in itself, becomes so by the confederacy. The technical term usually employed to signify this oflfense is “conspiracy.” In Equity Pleading. An improper combination alleged to have been entered into between the defendants to a bill in equity. A general charge of confederacy is made a part of a bill in chancery, and is the fourth part, in order, of the bill, but it has become merely formal, except in cases where the complainant intends to show that such a combination actually exists or existed, in which case a special charge of such confederacy must be made. Story, Eq. PI. §§ 29, 30; Mitf. Eq. PL (Jeremy Ed.) 41; Cooper, Eq. PL 9. In International Law. An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and good. This term is applied to such an agreement made between two independent nations, but it is also used to signify the union of different states of the same nation, as, the confederacy of the states.

Synonyms of Confederacy

(Compact), noun

  • affiliation
  • alignment
  • alliance
  • association
  • body
  • cartel
  • coalition
  • combination
  • combine
  • concurrence
  • confederation
  • confraternity
  • consolidation
  • coterie
  • federation
  • fellowship
  • foedus
  • fusion
  • guild
  • league
  • pactum
  • set
  • societas
  • society
  • solidarity
  • syndicate
  • trust
  • unification
  • union

(Conspiracy), noun

  • cabal
  • collusion
  • complicity
  • complot
  • coniuratio
  • connivance
  • criminal agreement
  • illegal agreement
  • illegal compact
  • intrigue
  • plot
  • schemery
  • treasonable alliance

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Confederacy in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

Latin con-foederare, to unite by covenant: foedus, a league. A league, or compact; a combination.

Note: This legal definition of Confederacy in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

Meaning of Confederacy in the Past

An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and good. This term is applied to such agreement between two independent nations, but it is used to signify the union of different states of the same nation, as the confederacy of the states.

Developments

The original thirteen states, in 1781, adopted for their federal government (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) the ” Articles of confederation and perpetual union between the States,” which continued in force until the present constitution (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) of the United States of America went into full operation, on the 30th day of April, 1789, when president Washington was sworn into office. Vide 1 Story on the Const. B. 2, c. 3 and 4. [1]

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Notes and References

  1. Partialy, this information about confederacy is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including confederacy.

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