Legal terminology "confer"

Confer
(verb) to present
"The university conferred more degrees this year than ever before."
Synonym
grant: "The Constitution grants certain powers to the president and certain powers to the legislature."
Other uses of the word
Confer is also a verb meaning to deliberate together or consult. "The attorney conferred with her client."
The word conference is the noun form of this verb. "The conference was held on 11 May 2006."