The act of
coming together; the state of being together; union;
coalition.
General agreement or concurrence;
arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
A meeting or an assembly of persons,
esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific
object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.
An extraordinary
assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without
the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to
the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by
James II.
An agreement or contract less formal
than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as
between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of
hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between
governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention
between two governments.
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