palaver

• Bands of men kept advancing from both sides and joining in the palaver, and every arrival increased the indignation and the resolution to abide by the old, manlier way of war. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
• Sometimes, when she received the intimation that a palaver was beginning, and that a fight was imminent, she would not be ready, and would resort to stratagem: she would seize a large sheet of paper and scribble some words—any words—upon it and add some splashes of sealing—wax to make it look important. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
• Stands to reason, says some, as the row outside the front door must have been heard by them insjde the house and somebody would have looked out the window, even if they done nothing else, to see what all the palaver were about And so witnessed the accident? —  The Crozier Pharohs - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 66
• The Serawoolli thereupon called a palaver (or in European terms, brought an action ) to recover damages for the loss of his beast, on which he set a high value. —  Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
• I was told, however, that the Mandingo master can neither deprive his slave of life, nor sell him to a stranger, without first calling a palaver on his conduct; or, in other words, bringing him to a public trial; but this degree of protection is extended only to the native of domestic slave. —  Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa

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