The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
The result or outcome of a cause.
An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
Belongings, usually as personal effects.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
Execution; performance; realization; operation.
An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
To make or bring about; to implement.
State of having legal force.
The genuinity - as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity - of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.
The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).