Conspiracy An agreement by two or more people to commit an illegal act or to commit a legal act using illegal means. Proving conspiracy requires evidence that the parties agreed to the plan before taking action.
Conspiracy definition: An agreement between two or more persons to commit a criminal act. An agreement between two or more persons to commit an illegal or unlawful act, or to achieve a legal act but by illegal or unlawful means.
CONSPIRACY - 18 U.S.C. 371 makes it a separate Federal crime or offense for anyone to conspire or agree with someone else to do something which, if actually carried out, would amount to another Federal crime or offense.
conspiracy - A combination of two or more persons formed for the purpose of committing by joint collaboration some unlawful act.
Conspiracy An agreement between two or more persons to commit a criminal act. Those forming the conspiracy are called conspirators.
CONSPIRACY : In criminal law, a combination between two or more persons formed by their joint efforts, or for the purpose of using criminal or unlawful means to the commission of an act not in itself unlawful.
conspiracy n. when people work together by agreement to commit an illegal act. A conspiracy may exist when the parties use legal means to accomplish an illegal result, or to use illegal means to achieve something that in itself is lawful.
WRIT OF CONSPIRACY. The name of an ancient writ, now superseded by the more convenient remedy of an action on the case, which might have been sued against parties guilty of a conspiracy. F. N. B. 260. See Conspiracy.
Conspiracy Definition - Noun [Latin conspiratio, from conspirare to conspire see conspire] 1 : an agreement between two or more people to commit an act prohibited by law or to commit a lawful act by means prohibited by law also ...
Some conspiracy theorists believe the eye atop the pyramid to have its origins in Masonic iconography;[40] however, this cannot be established.
Bar Contrary to a false belief promoted on the internet by well-meaning people who cling to conspiracy theories, this word does not mean "British Accreditation Registry" or anything of the sort.
The boycott has been held to be an illegal conspiracy in restraint of trade.
In London, three more men are charged with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism over the alleged 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, bringing the total number of suspects facing these charges to eleven.
MACHINATION. The act by which some plot or conspiracy is set on foot. ... more MACHINE A contrivance which serves to apply or regulate moving power; or it is a tool more or less complicated, which is used to render... more ...
This is to ensure that there is no repeat of the Gunpowder Conspiracy, when Guy Fawkes was arrested in the cellars attempting to blow up the Palace.
withdrawal n. 1) in criminal law, leaving a conspiracy to commit a crime bef... witness 1) n. a person who testifies under oath in a trial (or a depositi...
withdrawal 1 : the act or fact of withdrawing [ from a conspiracy] 2 : removal of money from a place of deposit or investment [a penalty for early ] Find a Lawyer Near You Legal Issue: Location (e.g., Chicago, IL or 60611) ...
(n) When someone is involved or participated in the planning and preparatory stage of a crime, whether knowingly or unknowingly, and depart from that act, conspiracy or crime, before actual execution of the act or crime, ...
Sherman Act - The basic antitrust statute prohibiting any unreasonable interference, conspiracy, restraint of trade, or monopolies with respect to interstate commerce.
Conscious Parallelism: An un-discussed imitation by a business of a competitor's action, such as changing prices up or down without the active conspiracy between business rivals, ...
A commercial advantage enjoyed by only one or a select few companies in which only those companies can trade in a certain area. Some monolopoies are legal, such as those temporarily created by patents. Others are secretly built by conspiracy between ...
A cheat or fraud, indictable at common law, must be such as would affect the public, such as common prudence cannot guard against; as, using false weights and measures, or false tokens, or where there is a conspiracy to cheat.
'Take heed that no man deceive you.'; Matt. 24:4.' Subject Classifications: HRB Christianity, HRBQ Christian theology, JBMV1 - Freemasonry, secret societies, HRBD - Roman Catholicism, GZC - Conspiracy theories...
Others are secretly built by conspiracy between two or more companies and are prohibited by law. Moot Also called a "moot point": a side issue, problem or question which does not have to be decided to resolve the main issues in a dispute.
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