An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
A meeting convened to address a crisis or to make a plan of attack.
A committee of high-ranking military officers convened to consult on urgent matters in wartime.