consect

[Tom Zurinskas]

She didn't "coin in?"  Meaning "join in?"  A typo?  Or did she not put in her 2-cents worth?

Tom Zurinskas, first Ct 20 yrs, then Tn 3, NJ 33, Fl 9.
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> John, it may have been one of the younger female defense attorneys who
> actually used the word. By the time I finished noting it, the precise
> speaker had fled my mind.
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> The judge didn't start pounding his gavel shouting, "What the hell are you
> talking about? Order in the court!!" So I assume she didn't coin it.
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> JL
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> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Baker, John <JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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> > No, it's a neologism. I don't immediately see any other
> > examples of its use at all, although I suspect that a more diligent
> > search would turn up a handful.
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> > John Baker
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> > Not in OED.
> >
> > The tot-mom jurors (who weren't afraid to put two and two together and
> > get
> > two) convicted Tot Mom on four counts of lying to investigators.
> >
> > This morning Chief Judge Belvin Perry, Jr., decided to "consect" the
> > four-year sentences - make them run consecutively rather than
> > concurrently.
> >
> > I assume this is a well-known legal term.
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> > JL
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