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s so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.

Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton.

A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in Paris.

An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. Bacon.

The practice of concubinage. [Obs.] Strype.

d Double point. -- Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.

ct or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment. Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event. Hallam.

To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. She conjures; away with her. Shak.

One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand. Dealing with witches and with conjurers. Shak. From the account the loser brings, The conjurer knows who stole the things. Prior.

The practice of magic; enchantment. Motley.

Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] Milton.

An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.

Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice. Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the church. Newman.

A civil court of justice. [Obs.] Chaucer.

consoling or comforting nature. The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and it has with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind. Burke.

e treason. Constructive crimes are no longer recognized by the courts. -- Constructive notice, notice imputed by construction of law. -- Constructive trust, a trust which may be assumed to exist, though no actual mention of it be made.

In a constructive manner; by construction or inference. A neutral must have notice of a blockade, either actually by a formal information, or constructively by notice to his government. Kent.

Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.

mmand. He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a continence which is practiced by few writers. Dryden.

One who makes or practices contortions.