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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 694 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COLLUSION (from See also:Lat. colludere, strictly, to See also:play with) , a See also:secret agreement or compact for some improper purpose. In judicial proceedings, and particularly in matrimonial causes (see See also:DIVORCE), collusion is a deceitful agreement between two or more persons, or between one of them and a third party, to bring an See also:action against the other in See also:order to obtain a judicial decision, or some remedy which would not have been obtained unless the parties had combined for the purpose or suppressed material facts or otherwise.

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