Definitions for: Consultation

[n] the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
[n] a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"
[n] a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"

Webster (1913) Definition: Con`sul*ta"tion, n. [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.

Synonyms: audience, interview, reference

See Also: action, conference, group discussion, sidebar

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