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Webster 1913 Edition
Consultation
Conˊsul-ta′tion
,Noun.
[L.
consultatio
: cf. F. consultation
.] 1.
The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.
Thus they doubtful
Ended.
consultations
darkEnded.
Milton.
2.
A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause.
Writ of consultation
(Law)
, a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; – so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded.
Webster 1828 Edition
Consultation
CONSULTATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of consulting; deliberation of two or more persons, with a view to some decision.The chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes. Mark 15.
2.
The persons who consult together; a number of persons seeking mutually each others opinions and advice; a council for deliberation; as, a consultation of physicians was called. Writ of consultation, in law, a writ awarded by a superior court, to return a cause, which had been removed by prohibition from the court Christian, to its original jurisdiction; so called because the judges on consultation find the prohibition ill founded.
Definition 2024
consultation
consultation
English
Noun
consultation (plural consultations)
- the act of consulting
- a conference for the exchange of information and advice
- An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
Translations
act of consulting
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