CONVENTION
CONVENTION convention. 1. An agreement or compact, esp. one among nations; a multilateral treaty (the Geneva Convention). See TREATY. [Cases: Treaties 1. C.J.S. Treaties ¡ì 2.] 2. A special deliberative assembly elected for the purpose of framing, revising, or amending a constitution. See CONSTITUTION (1). ¡ª Also termed constitutional convention. [Cases: Constitutional Law 8, 10. …