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Disqualification
Disqualification Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion, n.
1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified;
want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the
disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes
unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a
person for office; sickness is a disqualification for
labor.
I must still retain the consciousness of those
disqualifications which you have been pleased to
overlook. --Sir J.
Shore.
DisqualifiedDisqualify Dis*qual"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.]
1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for
any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for
or from before the purpose, state, or act.
My common illness disqualifies me for all
conversation; I mean my deafness. --Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in
trade from being received in high society.
--Southey.
2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive
restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a
conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness. DisqualifyDisqualify Dis*qual"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.]
1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for
any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for
or from before the purpose, state, or act.
My common illness disqualifies me for all
conversation; I mean my deafness. --Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in
trade from being received in high society.
--Southey.
2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive
restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a
conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness. DisqualifyingDisqualify Dis*qual"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.]
1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for
any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for
or from before the purpose, state, or act.
My common illness disqualifies me for all
conversation; I mean my deafness. --Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in
trade from being received in high society.
--Southey.
2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive
restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a
conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness. Qualifiable
Qualifiable Qual"i*fi`a*ble, a.
Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. --Barrow.
QualificationQualification Qual`i*fi*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. qualification. See
Qualify.]
1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being
qualified.
2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any
acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or
employment, or which enables him to sustian any character
with success; an enabling quality or circumstance;
requisite capacity or possession.
There is no qualification for government but virtue
and wisdom, actual or presumptive. --Burke.
3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that
which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction;
hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any
qualification. Qualificative
Qualificative Qual"i*fi*ca*tive, n.
That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying
term or statement.
How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives
he inserteth in this relation. --Fuller.
Qualificator
Qualificator Qual"i*fi*ca`tor, n. [LL.] (R. C. Ch.)
An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes
for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
QualifiedQualified Qual"i*fied, a.
1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualified 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. --Story.
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.
Usage: Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly
used with respect to native endowments and general
ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;
qualified with respect to specific acquirements and
training. Qualified feeQualified Qual"i*fied, a.
1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualified 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. --Story.
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.
Usage: Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly
used with respect to native endowments and general
ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;
qualified with respect to specific acquirements and
training. Qualified indorsementQualified Qual"i*fied, a.
1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualified 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. --Story.
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.
Usage: Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly
used with respect to native endowments and general
ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;
qualified with respect to specific acquirements and
training. Qualified negativeQualified Qual"i*fied, a.
1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualified 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. --Story.
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.
Usage: Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly
used with respect to native endowments and general
ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;
qualified with respect to specific acquirements and
training. Qualified propertyQualified Qual"i*fied, a.
1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
Qualified 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. --Story.
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.
Usage: Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly
used with respect to native endowments and general
ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;
qualified with respect to specific acquirements and
training. Qualifiedly
Qualifiedly Qual"i*fied`ly, adv.
In the way of qualification; with modification or
qualification.
Qualifiedness
Qualifiedness Qual"i*fied`ness, n.
The state of being qualified.
Qualifier
Qualifier Qual"i*fi`er, n.
One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies,
reduces, tempers or restrains.
Qualify
Qualify Qual"i*fy, v. i.
1. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or
employment.
2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or
complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
Unqualify
Unqualify Un*qual"i*fy, v. t. [1st pref. un- + quality.]
To disqualify; to unfit. --Swift.
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