"Conduct Money" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Conduct Money LAW AND LEGAL
Definition:

In English prac-tlce. Money paid to a witness who has been subpoenaed on a trial, sufficient to defray the reasonable expenses of going to, staying at, and returning from the place of trlal. Lush, Pr. 460; Archb. New Pr. 639

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