Consultation

 

“A council or conference (as between two or more persons usually to consider special matter; i.e., “holding frequent consultations with his lawyer to discuss the case.”

 

Source:  Webster’s Third New International Dictionary

 

“Act of consulting or conferring; e.g. patient with doctor; client with lawyer. Deliberation of person on some subject. A conference between the counsel engaged in a case, to discuss its questions or arrange the method of conducting it.”

 

Source:  Black’s Law Dictionary, 6^th Edition