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pass vi1 a: to issue a decision, verdict, or opinionthe Supreme Court pass ed on a statuteb: to be legally issuedjudgment pass ed by default2: to go from the control, ownership, or possession of one person or group to that of anothertitle pass es to the buyervt1: to omit a regularly scheduled declaration and payment of (a dividend)2 a: to get the approval ofthe bill pass ed the Houseb: to give approval or legal sanction tothe House pass ed the bill3: to transfer the right to or interest inthe sale pass es the title to the goods4: to put in circulationpass bad checks compare utter5: to pronounce (as a sentence or judgment) judiciallythe court pass ed a severe sentence
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(advance) verb
abalienatio, award, bequeath, cede, change, change ownership, communicate, confer ownership, continue, convey, cross, deliver over, devolve, endow, flow, go, go by, go on, go past, praetervehi, proceed, progress, relay, remise, transfer ownership, transfer title, transgredi, transire, transmit, transpire
associated concepts: pass by will, pass title
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(approve) verb
accede to, accept, acquiesce, adopt, advocate, affirm, agree to, allow, approbate, assent, authorize, be in favor of, carry, confirm, consent, declare lawful, decree, dictate, enact, endorse, establish, establish by law, favor, give approval, give legislative sanction to, institute, institute by law. iubere, legalize, legislate, legitimize, make into law, make legal, ordain, ordain by law, prescribe, put in force, put into effect, put through, ratify, sanction, support, sustain, uphold, validate, vote favorably, vote in
associated concepts: pass a law
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(determine) verb
announce, decide, declare, decree, deliver, deliver a judgment, determine, enunciate, give an opinion, impart, ordain, present, pronounce, pronounce judgment, put forth, render a decision, render a judgment, rule, set forth
associated concepts: pass judgment
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(satisfy requirements) verb
accomplish, achieve, approbare, attain, be accepted, be graduated, be promoted, be successful, be victorious, come up to the standard, conform to, conquer, do well, earn, finish, fulfill, get by, get through, make ones mark, master, meet requirements, prevail, qualify, reach, realize, satisfy requirements, stand the test, succeed, triumph
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alienate (transfer title), circulate, confirm, constitute (establish), convey (transfer), decide, enact, experience (encounter), expire, exude, forgo, franchise (license), give (grant), grant (transfer formally), incident, key (passport), legislate, outbalance, penetrate, perambulate, perish, permit, plight, posture (situation), predicament, pretermit, promote (advance), surmount, surpass, transcend, transfer, transmit, traverse
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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As a verb, to utter or pronounce, as when the court passes sentence upon a prisoner. Also to proceed; to be rendered or given, as when judgment is said to pass for the plaintiff in a suit.In legislative parlance, a bill or resolution is said to pass when it is agreed to or enacted by the house, or when the body has sanctioned its adoption by the requisite majority of votes; in the same circumstances, the body is said to pass the bill or motion.When an auditor appointed to examine any accounts certifies to their correctness, she is said to pass them; i.e., they pass through the examination without being detained or sent back for inaccuracy or imperfection.The term also means to examine anything and then authoritatively determine the disputed questions that it involves. In this sense a jury is said to pass upon the rights or issues in litigation before them.In the language of conveyancing, the term means to move from one person to another; i.e. to be transferred or conveyed from one owner to another.To publish; utter; transfer; circulate; impose fraudulently. This is the meaning of the word when referring to the offense of passing counterfeit money or a forged paper.As a noun, permission to pass; a license to go or come; a certificate, emanating from authority, wherein it is declared that a designated person is permitted to go beyond certain boundaries that, without such authority, he could not lawfully pass. Also a ticket issued by a railroad or other transportation company, authorizing a designated person to travel free on its lines, between certain points or for a limited time.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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As a verb, to utter or pronounce, as when the court passes sentence upon a prisoner. Also to proceed; to be rendered or given, as when judgment is said to pass for the plaintiff in a suit.In legislative parlance, a bill or resolution is said to pass when it is agreed to or enacted by the house, or when the body has sanctioned its adoption by the requisite majority of votes; in the same circumstances, the body is said to pass the bill or motion.When an auditor appointed to examine any accounts certifies to their correctness, she is said to pass them; i.e., they pass through the examination without being detained or sent back for inaccuracy or imperfection.The term also means to examine anything and then authoritatively determine the disputed questions that it involves. In this sense a jury is said to pass upon the rights or issues in litigation before them.In the language of conveyancing, the term means to move from one person to another; i.e.to be transferred or conveyed from one owner to another.To publish; utter; transfer; circulate; impose fraudulently. This is the meaning of the word when referring to the offense of passing counterfeit money or a forged paper.As a noun, permission to pass; a license to go or come; a certificate, emanating from authority, wherein it is declared that a designated person is permitted to go beyond certain boundaries that, without such authority, he could not lawfully pass. Also a ticket issued by a railroad or other transportation company, authorizing a designated person to travel free on its lines, between certain points or for a limited time.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
