provisional

provisional
pro·vi·sion·al /prə-'vi-zhə-nəl/ adj
1: provided for a temporary need: suitable or acceptable in the existing situation but subject to change or nullification
a provisional government
provisional custody of a minor
2: of, relating to, or being temporary judicial acts or proceedings (as of attachment, injunction, or sequestration) allowed before final judgment to protect the interests of one or more parties to an action
a provisional remedy
pro·vi·sion·al·ly adv

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

provisional
I adjective alterable, conditional, contingent, dependent on circumstances, equivocal, for a time, in a state of uncertainty, in tempus, indefinite, indeterminate, interim, limited, makeshift, modifiable, nonpermanent, of short duration, passing, provisory, subject to change, subject to terms, substitute, temporarily established, temporary, tentative, transient, transitional, transitory, unascertained, unassured, unconfirmed, undecided, undetermined, unsettled associated concepts: provisional appointment, provisional court, provisional employee, provisional government, provisional receiver, provisional remedy II index conditional, contingent, dubious, empirical, interim, interlocutory, qualified (conditioned), restrictive, speculative, subject (conditional), surrogate, temporary, tentative, transient, transitory, uncertain (questionable), vicarious (substitutional)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


provisional
adj.
Temporary; arranged as a temporary measure to keep affairs in order until a permanent solution can be arranged.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


provisional
Temporary; not permanent. Tentative, contingent, preliminary.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


provisional
Temporary; not permanent. Tentative, contingent, preliminary.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • Provisional — Pro*vi sion*al, a. [Cf. F. provisionnel.] Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • provisional — Que no es final o definitivo, como un hallazgo experimental que todavía no ha sido validado. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • provisional — (adj.) of temporary arrangements, c.1600, from Fr. provisionnal (late 15c.), from O.Fr. provision (see PROVISION (Cf. provision)). The notion is of something that will provide for present needs. Related: Provisionally …   Etymology dictionary

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