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nom·i·nal /'nä-mən-əl/ adj1: existing or being something in name or form but usu. not in realitydefenses...raised by the corporation as nominal defendant in a derivative suit — R. C. Clark2: being so small or trivial as to be a mere tokencharging a nominal fee3 of a rate of interesta: equal to the annual rate of simple interest that would obtain if interest were not compounded when in fact it is compounded and paid for periods of less than a yearb: equal to the percentage by which a repaid loan exceeds the principal borrowed with no adjustment made for inflation compare effective 4nom·i·nal·ly adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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cheap, cutrate, hardly worth mention, honorary, in name only, inconsiderable, inexpensive, insignificant, little, low, low-priced, meager, meaningless, minimum, minute, moderate, modest, negligible, nomine, petty, reduced, scanty, simple, slight, small, superficial, symbolic, titular, titulary, token, trifling, trivial, unactual, unimportant, unsubstantial
associated concepts: nominal capital, nominal consideration, nominal damages, nominal defendant, nominal owner, nominal parties, nominal plaintiff, nominal value
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immaterial, inconsiderable, negligible, null (insignificant), trivial
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Existing in name only, having no real presence; merely stated, not actually existing; so small as to be strictly symbolic.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Trifling, token, or slight; not real or substantial; in name only.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Trifling, token, or slight; not real or substantial; in name only.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.