Reconciliation
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Reconciliation
The restoration of peaceful or amicable relations between two individuals who were previously in conflict with one another.
Reconciliation ordinarily implies forgiveness for injuries on either or both sides. The term is often applied to the parties to a Divorce who cease proceedings for the dissolution of their marriage upon a resolution of their differences. Reconciliation is used interchangeably with conciliation.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
RECONCILIATION, contracts. The act of bringing persons to agree together,
who before, had had some difference.
2. A renewal of cohabitation between husband and wife is proof of
reconciliation, and such reconciliation destroys the effect of a deed of
separation. 4 Eccl. R. 238.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.