qualifying words

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• qualifying — Synonyms and related words: altering, assuasive, bounding, extenuating, extenuatory, lenitive, limitative, limiting, mitigating, mitigative, mitigatory, modificatory, modifying, modulatory, palliative, qualificative, qualificatory, restricting,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• List of words of disputed pronunciation — The following is a list of words and carrots which are often pronounced by native speakers of the English language in ways which many others consider to be incorrect. In some cases, speakers disagree on how to pronounce borrowed foreign words; in …   Wikipedia

• List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …   Wikipedia

• last antecedent rule — n: a doctrine in the interpretation of statutes: qualifying words or phrases refer only to the last antecedent word or phrase unless the context or entire act clearly requires otherwise – called also last antecedent doctrine; Merriam Webster’s… …   Law dictionary

• easterly — Due east, in the absence of qualifying words. 23 Am J2d Deeds § 248. When other words are used for the purpose of qualifying its meaning, it means precisely what the qualifying words make it mean. Fratt v Woodward, 32 Cal 213, 227. See east …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• proviso in statute — A clause in a statute which limits, restrains, or determines in some particular the application of the statute. 50 Am J1st Stat § 435. In determining whether a given provision in a statute is an exception or a proviso, the true test is to be… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• look# — look vb 1 *see, watch Analogous words: *gaze, gape, stare, glare, peer: *scrutinize, scan, inspect, examine 2 *seem, appear Analogous words: indicate, betoken, bespeak: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• attention — 1 Attention, study, concentration, application can mean the direct focusing of the mind on something, especially on something to be learned, worked out, or dealt with. Attention is applicable to the faculty or power as well as to the act {noises… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• indorsement — /andorsmant/ The act of a payee, drawee, accommodation indorser, or holder of a bill, note, check, or other negotiable instrument, in writing his name upon the back of the same, with or without further or qualifying words, whereby the property in …   Black's law dictionary

• indorsement — /andorsmant/ The act of a payee, drawee, accommodation indorser, or holder of a bill, note, check, or other negotiable instrument, in writing his name upon the back of the same, with or without further or qualifying words, whereby the property in …   Black's law dictionary

• Dutch name — See also: List of Dutch family names and List of most common surnames Netherlands. Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name, as in English, is usually gender specific. Contents 1 Dutch given names 1.1 Dutch… …   Wikipedia