See Necessary condition
the quality of a
stamp regarding color, centering, cancellation,
and gum if
mint all go
into making up
the term "condition."
typical condition descriptions are Superb,
very Fine, Fine, Good, Average, or Poor. "Superb"
means that everything about the stamp is perfect.
conditioncon*di"tion, v. t. [cf. ll. conditionare.
see condition, n.]
1. to
invest with, or
limit by, conditions; to
burden or
qualify by a condition; to
impose or be
imposed as
the condition of. seas,
that daily gain upon the shore,
have ebb and flow conditioning their march.
2. to contract; to stipulate; to agree. it
was conditioned between saturn and titan,
that saturn should put to
death all his male children. w. raleigh.
3. (u. s. colleges) to
put under conditions; to
require to
pass a
new examination or to
make up a
specified study, as a
condition of
remaining in
one's class or in college; as, to
condition a
student who has failed in
some branch of study.
4. to
test or assay, as
silk (to
ascertain the proportion of
moisture it contains).
condition con*di"tion (?), n. [f., fr. l.
conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a
root signifying to show,
point out,
akin to
dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate.
see teach, token.] 1.
mode or
state of being;
state or
situation with regard to
external circumstances or influences, or to
physical or
mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate. i am in my
condition a prince, miranda; i do think, a king.
and o,
what man's condition can be
worse than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? owley.
the new conditions of life.
2. essential quality; property; attribute. it
seemed to us a
condition and property of
divine powers and beings to be
hidden and unseen to others.
3. temperament; disposition; character. [obs.]
the condition of a
saint and the complexion of a devil.
4. that which must exist as
the occasion or
concomitant of
something else;
that which is
requisite in
order that something else should take effect; an
essential qualification; stipulation;
terms specified. i
had as
lief take her dowry with this condition, to be
whipped at
the high cross every morning.
many are apt to
believe remission of sins,
but they believe it
without the condition of repentance. taylor.
5. (law) a
clause in a contract, or agreement,
which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in
some way to modify,
the principal obligation; or, in
case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or
modify a
devise or bequest. it is
also the case of a
future uncertain event,
which may or
may not happen,
and on
the occurrence or non-occurrence of which,
the accomplishment, recission, or
modification of an
obligation or
testamentary disposition is
made to depend. tomlins. bouvier. wharton. Â Â similar words(12)Â
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 weather condition (
v. i.)
To
make terms; to stipulate. Â
(
v. i.)
To
impose upon an
object those relations or
conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. Â
(
n.)
train; acclimate. Â
(
n.)
To
test or assay, as
silk (to
ascertain the proportion of
moisture it contains). Â
(
n.)
To
put under conditions; to
require to
pass a
new examination or to
make up a
specified study, as a
condition of
remaining in
one's class or in college; as, to
condition a
student who has failed in
some branch of study. Â
(
n.)
To
invest with, or
limit by, conditions; to
burden or
qualify by a condition; to
impose or be
imposed as
the condition of. Â
(
n.)
To contract; to stipulate; to agree. Â
(
n.)
That
which must exist as
the occasion or
concomitant of
something else;
that which is
requisite in
order that something else should take effect; an
essential qualification; stipulation;
terms specified. Â
(
n.)
Temperament; disposition; character. Â
(
n.)
Mode or
state of being;
state or
situation with regard to
external circumstances or influences, or to
physical or
mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate. Â
(
n.)
Essential quality; property; attribute. Â
(
n.)
A
clause in a contract, or agreement,
which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in
some way to modify,
the principal obligation; or, in
case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or
modify a
devise or bequest. It is
also the case of a
future uncertain event,
which may or
may not happen,
and on
the occurrence or non-occurrence of which,
the accomplishment, recission, or
modification of an
obligation or
testamentary disposition is
made to depend. Â
MeaningEuphemism
for pregnant.
OriginOriginated in
victorian England.
Noun1. a
state at a
particular time; "a
condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the
current status of
the arms negotiations" (synonym)
status (hypernym)
state (hyponym) health2. a
mode of
being or
form of
existence of a
person or thing; "the
human condition" (hypernym)
state (hyponym) stratification,
social stratification3. an
assumption on
which rests the validity or
effect of
something else (synonym) precondition,
stipulation (hypernym) premise, premiss,
assumption (hyponym)
boundary condition (derivation) stipulate, qualify, specify4. (usually plural) a
statement of
what is
required as
part of an agreement; "the
contract set out the conditions of
the lease"; "the
terms of
the treaty were generous" (synonym)
term (hypernym)
statement (part-holonym) agreement,
understanding (derivation) stipulate, qualify,
specify (classification) plural,
plural form5.
the state of (good)
health (especially in
the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') (synonym)
shape (hypernym)
good health,
healthiness (hyponym) fitness,
physical fitness,
good shape,
good condition6.
information that should be
kept in
mind when making a decision; "another
consideration is
the time it
would take" (synonym) circumstance,
consideration (hypernym)
information (hyponym)
justification (derivation) stipulate, qualify, specify7.
the procedure that is
varied in
order to
estimate a
variable's effect by
comparison with a
control condition (synonym)
experimental condition (hypernym) procedure,
process (part-holonym) experiment, experimentation
Verb1.
establish a
conditioned response (hypernym) teach, learn,
instruct (derivation) conditioning2.
train by
instruction and practice;
especially to
teach self-control; "Parents
must discipline their children"; "Is
this dog trained?" (synonym) discipline, train,
check (hypernym) develop,
make grow (hyponym)
mortify (verb-group) prepare, groom,
train (derivation) conditioner3.
specify as a
condition or
requirement in a
contract or agreement;
make an
express demand or
provision in an agreement; "The
will stipulates that she can live in
the house for the rest of
her life"; "The
contract stipulates the dates of
the payments" (synonym) stipulate, qualify,
specify (hypernym) contract,
undertake (hyponym)
provide (verb-group)
stipulate (derivation) precondition, stipulation4.
put into a
better state; "he
conditions old cars" (hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate,
meliorate (hyponym)
recondition (derivation) status5.
apply conditioner to in
order to
make smooth and shiny; "I
condition my
hair after washing it" (hypernym)
shampoo (derivation) conditioner
Agwedd = n. condition; form
Cyflwr = n. condition, state, disposition, temper; property
Hwyl = n. a course; plight, state, or condition; a sail
Iachusol = of a
healthy condition
Ystad = n. a state, a condition
temper, quality
those variables of an
operational environment or
situation in
which a unit, system, or
individual is
expected to
operate and may affect performance.
see also joint missionessential tasks. Â
Condition can refer to:A
state of being.Living condition, see Quality of life.A disease,
such as a heart condition.A
proposition upon which another proposition depends,
such as "if-then" statements. See logical conditional.necessary condition, sufficient condition, necessary
and sufficient conditionTo
cause a
certain response to a stimulus, see conditioning.To
replace moisture or oils,
especially in hair, see conditioner.To
change climate to an
appropriate level, see air conditioning.A
status effect which is
usually negative, see Condition (computer gaming).A
state which is
induced in
the subject of a
psychological experiment,
see condition (experimental psychology).
dreams are renewable. No
matter what our age or condition,
there are still untapped possibilities within us
and new beauty waiting to be born. Â
the component of an
objective that describes the situation, environment, or
limitations in
which the learner must exhibit the specified behavior.
to
treat drilling mud with additives to
give it
certain properties.
sometimes the term applies to
water used in boilers,
drilling operations,
and so on. To
condition and circulate mud is to
ensure that additives are distributed evenly throughout a
system by
circulating the mud while it is
being conditioned.
nosh
See air conditioner , cherry condition , conditioner , mint condition , and original condition .
Persons.
the situation in
civil society which creates certain relations between the individual to
whom it is
applied and one or
more others,
from which mutual rights and obligations arise.
thus the situation arising from marriage gives rise to
the conditions of
husband and wife that of
paternity to
the conditions of
father and child.In
contracts every one is
presume to
know the condition of
the person with whom he deals. A
man making a
contract with an
infant cannot recover against him for a
breach of
the contract on
the ground that he
was not aware of
his condition unless such lack of
knowledge was due to
fraud by
the other party.In
its most extended meaning, a
condition is a
clause in a
contract or
agreement which has for its object to suspend,
rescind or
modify the principal obligation; or in
case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or
modify the devise or bequest. In
many cases it is by
itself an agreement. In pleading,
according to
the course of
the common law,
the bond and its condition are to
some intents and purposes regarded as
distinct things. A
condition is
any portion of an
agreement which regulates what the parties have a
mind should be
done if a
case they foresee should come to pass.Conditions
sometimes suspend the obligation when it is to
have no
effect until they are fulfilled. E.g., if I
bind myself to
pay you one thousand dollars on
condition that the ship thomas jefferson shall arrive in
the united states from Havre,
the contract is
suspended until the arrival of
the ship.The
condition sometimes rescinds the contract. E.g.,
when I
sell you my
horse on
condition that he
shall be
alive on
the first day of January,
and he
dies before that time.A
condition may modify the contract. E.g., if I
sell you two thousand bushels of corn,
upon condition that my
crop shall produce that much,
and it
produces only fifteen hundred bushels.In a
less extended acceptation,
but in a
true sense, a
condition is a
future and uncertain event, on
the existence or non-existence of
which is
made to
depend either the accomplishment,
the modification or
the rescission of an
obligation or
testamentary disposition.There is a
marked difference between a
condition and a limitation.
when a
gift may defeated upon the happening of an
uncertain event, it is
called a condition,
but when it is
given to be
enjoyed until the event arrives, it is a limitation. It is
not easy to
say when a
condition will be
considered a
covenant and when not, or
when it
will be
held to be both.Events
foreseen by
conditions are of
three kinds.
some depend on
the acts of
the persons who deal together, as if
the agreement should provide that a
partner should not join another partnership.
others are independent of
the will of
the parties. E.g., if I
sell you one thousand bushels of
corn on
condition that my
crop shall not be
destroyed by a
fortuitous event or
act of God.
some depend in
part on
the contracting parties and partly on
the act of God. E.g., if it be
provided that such merchandise shall arrive by a
certain day.A
condition may be
created by
inserting the very word 'condition,' or 'on condition,' in
the deed or agreement.
there are, however,
other words that will do so as effectually, as 'proviso,' 'if,' etc.Conditions
are of
various kinds; 1. as to
their form,
they are express or implied.
this division is of
feudal origin. 2. As to
their object,
they are lawful or unlawful; 3. as to
the time when they are to
take effect,
they are precedent or subsequent; 4. as to
their nature,
they are possible or
impossible 5. as to
their operation,
they are positive or negative; 6. as to
their divisibility,
they are copulative or disjunctive; 7. as to
their agreement with the contract,
they are consistent or repugnant; 8. as to
their effect,
they are resolutory or suspensive.An
express condition is
one created by
express words.
for instance, a
condition in a
lease that if
the tenant shall not pay the rent at
the day,
the lessor may reenter.An
implied condition is
one created by
law and not by
express words.
for example, at
common law the tenant for life holds upon the implied condition not to
commit waste.A
lawful or
legal condition is
one made in
consonance with the law.
this must be
understood of
the law as
existing at
the time of
making the condition,
for no
change of
the law can change the force of
the condition.
for example, a
conveyance was made to
the grantee on
condition that he
should not aliens until he
reached the age of twenty-five years.
before he
acquired this age he aliened,
and made a
second conveyance after he
obtained it;
the first deed was declared void,
and the last valid.
when the condition was imposed twenty-five
was the age of
majority in
the state; it
was afterwards changed to twenty-one.
under these circumstances the condition was held to be binding.An
unlawful or
illegal condition is
one forbidden by law.
unlawful conditions have for their object; l. to do
something malum in se, or
malum prohibitum; 2. to
omit the performance of
some duty required by law; 3. to
encourage such act or omission.
when the law prohibits, in
express terms,
the transaction in
respect to
which the condition is
made and declares it void,
such condition is
then void,
but when it is
prohibited without being declared void,
although unlawful, it is
not void.
conditions in
restraint of
marriage are odious and are therefore held to
the utmost rigor and strictness.
they are contrary to
sound policy and by
the roman law were all void.A
condition precedent is
one which must be
performed before the estate will vest, or
before the obligation is to be performed.
whether a
condition shall be
considered as
precedent or
subsequent depends not on
the form or
arrangement of
the words,
but on
the manifest intention of
the parties and on
the fair construction of
the contract.A
subsequent condition is
one which enlarges or
defeats an
estate or
right already created. A
conveyance in fee,
reserving a
life estate in a
part of
the land,
and made upon condition that the grantee shall pay certain sums of
money at
divers times to
several persons,
passes the fee upon condition subsequent.
sometimes it
becomes of
great importance to
ascertain whether the condition is
precedent or subsequent.
when a
precedent condition becomes impossible by
the act of God, no
estate or
right vests,
but if
the condition is subsequent,
the estate or
right becomes absolute.A
possible condition is
one which may be
performed and there is
nothing in
the laws of
nature to
prevent its performance.An
impossible condition is
one which cannot be
accomplished according to
the laws of nature; as to go
from the united states to
europe in
one hour.
such a
condition is void.
when a
condition becomes impossible by
the act of God, it
either vests the estate or
does not, as it is
precedent or subsequent:
when it is
the former, no
estate vests when the latter, it
becomes absolute.
when the performance of
the condition becomes impossible by
the act of
the party who imposed it
the estate is
rendered absolute.A
positive condition requires that the event contemplated shall happen. E.g., 'If I marry.' A
negative condition requires that the event contemplated shall not happen. E.g., 'If I do
not marry.'A
copulative condition is
one of
several distinct matters,
the whole of
which are made precedent to
the vesting of an
estate or right. In
this case the entire condition must be
performed or
the estate or
right can never arise or
take place.
such a
condition differs from a
disjunctive condition,
which gives to
the party the right to
perform the one or
the other;
for in
this case, if
one becomes impossible by
the act of God,
the whole will, in general, be excused. However,
this rule is
not without exception.A
disjunctive condition is
one which gives the party to be
affected by it
the right to
perform one of
two alternatives.A
consistent condition is
one which agrees with other parts of
the contract.A
repugnant condition is
one which is
contrary to
the contract; as if I
grant to
you a
house and lot in fee,
upon condition that you shall not aliene,
the condition is
repugnant and void, as
being inconsistent with the estate granted.A
resolutory condition in
the civil law is
one which has for its object,
when accomplished,
the revocation of
the principal obligation.
this condition does not suspend either the existence or
the execution of
the obligation, it
merely obliges the creditor to
return what he
has received.A
suspensive condition is
one which susends
the fulfilment of
the obligation until it
has been performed. E.g., if a
man bind himself to
pay one hundred dollars upon condition that the ship thomas jefferson shall arrive from Europe.
the obligation in
this case, is
suspended until the arrival of
the ship,
when the condition having been performed,
the obligation becomes absolute and is no
longer conditional. A
suspensive condition is in
fact a
condition precedent.Some
further divide conditions into potestative,
casual and mixed.A
potestative condition is
that which is in
the power of
the person in
whose favor it is contracted. E.g., if I
engage to
give my
neighbor a
sum of money, in
case he
cuts down a
tree which obstructs my prospect.A
casual condition is
one which depends altogether upon chance,
and not in
the power of
the creditor. E.g., if I
have children; if I
have no children; if
such a
vessel arrives in
the united States, etc.A
mixed condition is
one which depends on
the will of
the creditor and of a
third person. E.g., if
you marry my cousin.  This
entry contains material from Bouvier's
legal Dictionary, a
work published in
the 1850's.
