
Actio Realis Description of Actio Realis In this reference work, actio realis is a sort of the Legal History category. Action of Assize Description of Action of Assize In this reference work, action of assize is a sort of the Legal History category. Resources See Also Acceptance Criteria Copyrights Intellectual Property Intellectual Property. Acceptance Testing Description of Acceptance Testing In this reference work, acceptance testing is a sort of the Intellectual Property category. Miller) Description of Action in Rem In this reference. In rem actions are most common in admiralty jurisdiction.(Main Author: William J. Action In Rem Action In Rem Summary of Action In Rem A form of legal action in which suit is brought against an object, rather than the owner of the object. Resources See Also Local actions Resources See Also Criminal Resources See Also Class or representative action Derivative action Resources See Also Wrongful death action Resources See Also In. Action Description of Action In this reference work, action is a sort of the Patents category. Action for Poinding Description of Action for Poinding In this reference work, action for poinding is a sort of the Legal History category. Resources See Also Negligence Construction law. Acceptance Doctrine Description of Acceptance Doctrine In this reference work, acceptance doctrine is a sort of the Construction law category. The etymological meaning of provident, “looking forward,” is exactly what that adjective means today prudent is a doublet-a contraction that goes all the way back to classical Latin.Related Entries of the International Encyclopedia: If you realize that afferent and efferent mean “bringing to” and “bringing from” ( ad- and ex- + ferre, with assimilation), you won’t confuse those precise neurological terms.
It is very helpful to know that abstinent means “holding away from,” and that incontinent means (“not holding together”). For the most part, however, the participial derivatives in -ant or – ent continue to be used as English adjectives, and their etymological and dictionary meanings are often surpisingly close. Notice that English derivatives of this type are sometimes used as nouns: agent usually means a person “doing” president, a person “sitting before” ( prae- + sedere). In the table, the original Latin forms are not listed, because the English word in -ant or -ent exactly matches the base form of the Latin present participle. These illustrations of the Latin present participle and its English derivatives have been drawn entirely from the verb vocabulary that you met in Chapter 9.
Stance, constancy, instance, substance, circumstance Ībstinence, (in)continence, (im)pertinenceĭecadent, accident(al), incident(al), coincident(al), occident(al)Ĭadence, decadence, incidence, coincidenceĬircumference, conference, inference, interference, preference, transferenceĬomponent, deponent, exponent, opponent, proponentĭeficient, (co)efficient, proficient, sufficient, abortifacient, rubefacient participle in – ant-/- ent-/- ient–Įnglish derivatives from Latin noun in – antia/- entia/- ientia English Derivatives from Latin Present Participles LATIN VERBĮnglish derivatives from Latin pres. Chapter 12: Latin Present Participles and Gerundives