CONGRESS

In international law. An a embly of envoys, commi ioners, deputies, etc., from different sovereignties who meet to concert measures for their common good, or to adjust their mutual concerns. In American law. The name of the legislative a embly of the United States, composed of the senate and house of represent a· tives, (q, v.) CONGRESS US. 'rhe extreme practical test of the truth of a charge of impotence brought against a husband by a wife. It la now disused. Causes Cfilebres, 6, 183. [s. 252]