 | John Boag - English language - 1848 - 790 pages
...distinguished. CONSPIRACY, kon-splr'a-se, [L. con«ptr«tu>,] n. A com. bination of men fur an evil purpose; nn agreement, between two or more persons, to commit some crime in concert; particularly, a combination to commit treason, or excite sedition or insurrection aguinst the government... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1853 - 500 pages
...himself in^no way amenable to the laws. A ' conspiracy' is a combination of men for evil purposes ; an agreement between two or more persons to commit some crime in concert, usually treason? or an insurrection against a government or state. In this case, it was a plot growing... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1855 - 508 pages
...himself in no way auienoblc to the laws. A ' conspiracy* la a combination of tnen for evil purposes ; an agreement between two or more persons to commit some crime in concert, usually treason, or an Insurrection against a government or state. In this caw, It was a plot growing... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1857 - 1310 pages
...renown . a state of being extensively known and distinguished. €ON-SPLK'A-CY. n. [L. conspiratio.} 1. A combination of men for an evil purpose ; an agreement...or insurrection against the government of a state. — 2. In Zoic, an agreement between two or more persons, falsely and maliciously to indict or procure... | |
 | John Cumming - 1860 - 240 pages
...rendered himself in no way amenable to the laws. A 'conspiracy' is a combination of men for evil purposes; an agreement between two or more persons to commit some ' crime in concert, usually treason, or an insurrection against a government or state. In this case, it was a plot growing... | |
 | Joseph Brown Heiskell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 882 pages
...a member of the " Southern Greys," and it is in proof that he protected Union men. A conspiracy is a combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement...two or more persons to commit some crime in concert; an agreement for the purpose of wrongfully prejudicing another or to pervert public justice. It may... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit) - Reconstruction - 1872 - 860 pages
...combination to resist tyranny ; another meaning is close union in connection." He defines "conspiracy," " a, combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement...two or more persons to commit some crime in concert ; particularly a combination to commit treason, or excite sedition or insurrection against the Government... | |
 | India, Fendall Currie - Criminal law - 1872 - 1084 pages
...vs. Peck, 9 A and E, 686. Webster at p. 280 of his Dictionary gives the following definition, (i). A combination of men for an evil purpose ; an agreement...two or more persons, to commit some crime in concert as treason, sedition or insurrection, an agreement for the purpose of wrongfully prejudicing another,... | |
 | Johannes von Gumpach - China - 1872 - 924 pages
...265, 267. 6 "Conspirator. One who conspires with others for an evil pursposc ; a plotter Conspiracy : A combination of men for an evil purpose ; an agreement between two or more persons, ...for the purpose of wrongfully prejudicing another, etc.; a plot ".— Dr. .Wdwter't " Illustrated... | |
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We say a combination of men to overthrow the Government, or a combination to resist tyranny; another meaning is close union in connection." He defines "conspiracy" a combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to commit... 
