confederacy 音标拼音: [kənf'ɛdɚəsi] [kənf'ɛdrəsi]
n . 联盟,邦联
联盟,邦联
Confederacy n 1 :
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 [
synonym : {
Confederacy }, {
Confederate States },
{
Confederate States of America }, {
South }, {
Dixie },
{
Dixieland }]
2 :
a union of political organizations [
synonym : {
confederation },
{
confederacy }, {
federation }]
3 :
a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [
synonym : {
conspiracy }, {
confederacy }]
4 :
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [
synonym : {
conspiracy }, {
confederacy }]
Confederacy \
Con *
fed "
er *
a *
cy \,
n . (
Amer .
Hist .)
With the ,
the Confederate States of America .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Confederacy \
Con *
fed "
er *
a *
cy \,
n .;
pl . {
Confederacies }. [
From {
Confederate },
a .]
1 .
A league or compact between two or more persons ,
bodies of men ,
or states ,
for mutual support or common action ;
alliance .
[
1913 Webster ]
The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure .
--
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
He hath heard of our confederacy . --
Shak .
[
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Virginia promoted a confederacy . --
Bancroft .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The persons ,
bodies ,
states ,
or nations united by a league ;
a confederation .
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The Grecian common wealth , . . .
the most heroic confederacy that ever existed . --
Harris .
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1913 Webster ]
Virgil has a whole confederacy against him .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Law )
A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act ,
or to do a lawful act by unlawful means .
See {
Conspiracy }.
Syn :
League ;
compact ;
alliance ;
association ;
union ;
combination ;
confederation .
[
1913 Webster ]
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confederacy ":
Anschluss ,
Bund ,
Rochdale cooperative ,
addition ,
affiliation ,
agglomeration ,
aggregation ,
agreement ,
alignment ,
alliance ,
amalgamation ,
anschluss ,
artifice ,
assemblage ,
assimilation ,
association ,
axis ,
band ,
blend ,
blending ,
bloc ,
body ,
cabal ,
cahoots ,
cartel ,
centralization ,
coadunation ,
coalescence ,
coalition ,
colleagueship ,
college ,
collegialism ,
collegiality ,
collusion ,
combination ,
combine ,
combo ,
common market ,
complicity ,
complot ,
composition ,
comradeship ,
confederation ,
confraternity ,
congeries ,
conglomeration ,
conjugation ,
conjunction ,
connivance ,
consolidation ,
conspiracy ,
consumer cooperative ,
contrivance ,
contriving ,
cooperative ,
cooperative society ,
copartnership ,
copartnery ,
corps ,
council ,
counterplot ,
covin ,
credit union ,
customs union ,
deep -
laid plot ,
economic community ,
ecumenism ,
embodiment ,
encompassment ,
engineering ,
enosis ,
federalization ,
federation ,
fellowship ,
finagling ,
finesse ,
frame -
up ,
fraternalism ,
fraternity ,
fraternization ,
free trade area ,
freemasonry ,
fusion ,
game ,
gang ,
group ,
grouping ,
hookup ,
inclusion ,
incorporation ,
integration ,
intrigue ,
junction ,
junta ,
league ,
little game ,
machination ,
machine ,
maneuvering ,
manipulation ,
marriage ,
meld ,
melding ,
merger ,
mob ,
package ,
package deal ,
partnership ,
plot ,
plotting ,
political machine ,
rigging ,
ring ,
scheme ,
schemery ,
scheming ,
society ,
sodality ,
solidification ,
sorority ,
stratagem ,
syncretism ,
syndication ,
syneresis ,
synthesis ,
tie -
in ,
tie -
up ,
trick ,
underplot ,
unification ,
union ,
web of intrigue ,
wedding ,
wire -
pulling CONFEDERACY ,
equity pleading .
The fourth part of a bill in chancery usually charges a confederacy ;
this is either general or special .
2 .
The first is by alleging a general charge of confederacy between the defendants and other persons to injure or defraud the plaintiff .
The common form of the charge is ,
that the defendants ,
combining and confederating together ,
to and with divers other persons as yet to the plaintiff unknown ,
but whose names ,
when discovered ,
he prays may be inserted in the bill ,
and they be made parties thereto ,
with proper and apt words to charge them with the premises ,
in order to injure and oppress the plaintiff in ti e premises ,
do absolutely refuse , &
c .
Mitf .
Eq .
Pl .
by Jeremy ,
40 ;
Coop .
Eq .
Pl .
9 Story ,
Eq .
Pl .
Sec .
29 ;
1 Mont .
Eq .
Pl .
77 ;
Barton ,
Suit in Eq .
33 ;
Van Heyth .
Eq .
Drafts ,
4 .
3 .
When it is intended to rely on a confederacy or combination as a ground of equitable jurisdiction ,
the confederacy must be specially charged to justify an assumption of jurisdiction .
Mitf .
Eq .
Pl .
by Jeremy ,
41 ;
Story ,
Eq .
Pl .
Sec .
30 .
4 .
A general allegation of confederacy is now considered as mere form .
Story ,
Eq .
Pl .
Sec .
29 ;
4 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
4169 .
CONFEDERACY ,
intern .
law .
An agreement between two or more states or nations ,
by which they unite for their mutual protection and good .
This term is applied to such agreement between two independent nations ,
but it is used to signify the union of different states of the same nation ,
as the confederacy of the states .
2 .
The original thirteen states ,
in 1781 ,
adopted for their federal government the "
Articles of confederation and perpetual union between the States ,"
which continued in force until the present constitution of the United States went into full operation ,
on the 30th day of April ,
1789 ,
when president Washington was sworn into office .
Vide 1 Story on the Const .
B .
2 ,
c .
3 and 4 .
CONFEDERACY ,
crim .
law .
An agreement between two or more persons to do an unlawful act ,
or an act ,
which though not unlawful in itself ,
becomes so by the confederacy .
The technical term usually employed to signify this offence ,
is conspiracy . (
q .
v .)
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