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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
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.

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)

  1. the act of consulting
    • 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport:
      Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night.
  2. a conference for the exchange of information and advice
  3. An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.

Translations


French

Noun

consultation f (plural consultations)

  1. consultation, consulting
  2. survey, poll