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par·tic·u·lar adj in the civil law of Louisiana: of or relating to a designated property or to the inheritance of it compare universal
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(exacting) adjective
accurate, astringent, attentive, attentive to detail, careful, choosy, conscientious, critical, delicatus, demanding, difficult to please, discriminating, discriminative, elegans, epicurean, excessively critical, exigent, fastidious, faultfinding, finical, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, hard to please, heedful, hypercritical, inflexible, meticulous, mindful, overconscientious, overcritical, overfastidious, overmeticulous, painstaking, persnickety, picky, precise, punctilious, quality-minded, querulous, regardful, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, selective, stern, strict, stringent, thorough, thoroughgoing, uncompromising, unyielding
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(individual) adjective
characteristic, definite, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, especial, exclusive, original, own, peculiar, personal, respective, separate, single, singular, special, specific, unique, unusual
associated concepts: particular gift, particular purpose
foreign phrases:
- Generate tan turn valet in generalibus, quantum singulare in singulis. — That which is general prevails in general matters, as that which is particular prevails in particular mattersIII (specific) adjective characteristic, chosen, differential, differentiated, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, distinguished, eccentric, especial, exceptional, express, extraordinary, idiosyncratic, individual, marked, noteworthy, odd, outstanding, peculiar, prominent, proprius, select, selected, separate, separatus, signal, single, singular, special, striking, uncommon, unique, unmistakable, unusual IV noun article, aspect, case, circumstance, detail, event, experience, fact, feature, incident, incidental, instance, item, item of information, matter, minutia, occasion, occurrence, particularity, piece of information, point, punctilio, respect, single case, special point, specific, specification associated concepts: bill of particulars V index accurate, certain (specific), circumspect, concrete, conscientious, detail, detailed, distinct (clear), distinct (distinguished from others), distinctive, exact, express, faithful (diligent), feature (characteristic), individual, item, meticulous, painstaking, peculiar (distinctive), personal (individual), point (item), precise, proper, punctilious, singular, special, specific, specification, strict, technicality, term (provision), unusual
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
