
An overt act is a statutory requirement, not a constitutional one. jurisdictions also require an overt act toward furthering the agreement. He must live in a palace many times larger than he can possibly fill, and have a large retinue of servants and retainers, ostensibly to minister to his wants, but really to make clear his ability to pay. Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal. A man must not limit his consumption to himself and his family. From Middle English conspiren, from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare, conspr, from con- (combining form of cum (with)) + spr (breathe). Hence leisure must be made conspicuous by "conspicuous consumption" and "conspicuous waste." If only enough persons and the right persons could see it and know it, it would be highly honorific to light a cigar occasionally with a thousand-dollar bill. It didn't take long to establish itself in a figurative sense, as our earliest written English uses of inspire give it the meaning to influence, move, or guide (as to speech or action) through divine or supernatural agency or power. It must be made obvious to all that there is an inexhaustible reserve. A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between people (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, 1 while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it. Not only must wealth be possessed, but there must be a show of its possession. eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."Ĭonspicuous consumption "expenditure on a lavish scale to enhance prestige" is attested by 1895 in published writing of Norwegian-American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen, made famous in his "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (1899). Phrase conspicuous by its absence (1859) is said to be from Tacitus ("Annals" iii.76), in a passage about certain images: "sed præfulgebant.

An overt act is a statutory requirement, not a constitutional one. What is the root or base word of the word conspiracy CONS - PIRACY - spells conspiracy Is conspiracize a word Not according to though it may be listed in another. Meaning "obvious to the mind, forcing itself upon the attention" is from 1610s hence "eminent, notable, distinguished." Related: Conspicuously conspicuousness. Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal. 1540s, "open to view, catching the eye," from Latin conspicuus "visible, open to view attracting attention, striking," from conspicere "to look at, observe, see, notice," from assimilated form of com-, here perhaps an intensive prefix (see com-), + specere "to look at" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe").
