Definition of "colloquy" [col•lo•quy]

• A conversation, especially a formal one. (noun)
• A written dialogue. (noun)

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• ""This colloquy is critical to the government's legislative history argument, and it's entirely manufactured and misrepresented to the court as having occurred live on the Senate floor before a crucial vote," Remes said."
• "David H. Remes, a Washington lawyer who has helped Hamdan's defense team, called the colloquy "outrageous.""
• "Let us recall the colloquy following a television debate between Nation editor David Corn and Richard Perle."