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A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.

To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right- angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; - - called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a sol…

To acknowledge; to admit; to concede. But since (And I confess with right) you think me bound. Tennyson.

ions. Conic section (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. -- Conic sections,…

against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense. My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Shak. As science means k…

ed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person. The advice of wise and conscientious men. Prescott.

Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke.

With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically. The faculty of writing consequentially. Addison.

One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate. The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms. Clarendon. The conservator of the estate of an idiot. Bouvier. Conservators of the River Thames, a board…

on; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other. Of dauntless courage and considerate pride. Milton. considerate, and careful of his people. Dryden. The wisest and most considerate men in the world. Sharp.

Having the power of electing or appointing. A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. Junius.

ependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights. Hallam.

Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. "A consultative . . . power." Abp. Bramhall.

o, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights. Wharton.

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

A suit in law or equity; a question of right. [Obs.] When any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment. 2 Sam. xv. 2.

propriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.

Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of sucession to an inheritance.

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.