Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
To set off an event or action.
Relations among people.
A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
The time during which legal courts are open.
Certain days on which rent is paid.
Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
One whose employment has been terminated
Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
To terminate one's employment
Born or delivered at term.