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Portals. Law. v. t. e. In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime at some time in the future. [1] Criminal law in some countries or for some conspiracies may require that at least one overt act be undertaken in furtherance of that agreement, to constitute an offense.
Conspiracy theory (legal term) In law, a conspiracy theory is a theory of a case that presents a conspiracy to be considered by a trier of fact. [a] [b] A basic tenet of "traditional 'conspiracy theory'" is that each co-conspirator is liable for acts of co-conspirators "during the existence of and in furtherance of the conspiracy". [2]
A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy by powerful and sinister groups, often political in motivation, [3][4][5] when other explanations are more probable. [3][6][7] The term generally has a negative connotation, implying that the appeal of a conspiracy theory is based in ...
Conspiracy (criminal), an agreement between people to break the law in the future, in some cases having committed an act to further that agreement. Conspiracy (political), an agreement between people with the goal of gaining political power or meeting a political objective. Hub-and-spoke conspiracy, a conspiracy in which one or more principal ...
Common law. In common law jurisdictions, seditious conspiracy is an agreement by two or more persons to do any act with the intention to excite hatred or contempt against the persons or institutions of state, to excite the alteration by unlawful means of a state or church matter established by law, to raise discontent among the people, or to ...
Conspiracy against rights is a federal offense in the United States of America under 18 U.S.C. § 241: . If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person [...] in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same;...
t. e. A civil conspiracy is a form of conspiracy involving an agreement between two or more parties to deprive a third party of legal rights or deceive a third party to obtain an illegal objective. [ 1] A form of collusion, a conspiracy may also refer to a group of people who make an agreement to form a partnership in which each member becomes ...
Conspiracy theories in United States politics. Conspiracy theories in United States politics are beliefs that a major political situation is the result of secretive collusion by powerful people striving to harm a rival group or undermine society in general. Such theories draw from actual conspiracies, in which individuals work together covertly ...