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The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

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  1. n. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.
  2. n. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause.
  3. n. a conference (usually with someone important)
  4. n. a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question
  5. n. the act of referring or consulting
  6. 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 consultations dark Ended. 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.
  7. n:100 n. a conference (usually with someone important) n. a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question