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Webster 1913 Edition
Qualified
Qual′i-fied
,Adj.
1.
Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
2.
Modified; limited;
as, a
. qualified
statementQualified fee
(Law)
, a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale.
– Qualified indorsement
(Law)
, an indorsement which modifies the liability of the indorser that would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument.
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– Qualified negative
(Legislation)
, a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive.
– Qualified property
(Law)
, that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment.
Syn. – Competent; fit; adapted.
Webster 1828 Edition
Qualified
QUAL'IFIED
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Qualified fee, in law, a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, and which ceases with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale.
Qualified negative, in legislation, the power of negativing bills which have passed the two houses of the legislature; a power vested in the president, governor or other officer, but subject to be overruled and defeated by a subsequent vote of the two houses, passed in conformity with the provisions of the constitution.
Qualified property, is that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed.