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Concurrence \Con*cur"rence\, n. [F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition.]

1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. --Locke.

2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation.

Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people. --Swift.

3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; co["o]peration.

We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it. --Rogers.

An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence. --Burke.

4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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