noun. The act or process of consulting.

noun. undefined

noun. A conference at which advice is given or views are exchanged.

noun. A meeting between physicians to discuss the diagnosis or treatment of a case.

noun. The act of consulting; deliberation of two or more persons with a view to some decision; especially, a deliberation in which one party acts as adviser to the other.

noun. A meeting of persons to consult together; specifically, a meeting of experts, as physicians or counsel, to confer about a specific case.

noun. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

noun. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause.

noun. 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.

noun. the act of consulting

noun. a conference for the exchange of information and advice

noun. An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.

noun. a conference (usually with someone important)

noun. a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question

noun. the act of referring or consulting

"P. _ It is divided into the infinite, which I term consultation; and the definite, which I call the cause."