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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Completely. Absolutely void means utterly void; Pearsoll v. Chapln, 44 Pa. 9. Absolutely necessary may he used to make the idea of necessity more emphatic; State v. Tetrick, 34 W. Va. 137, 11 S. E. 1002.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Completely; wholly; without qualification; without reference or relation to, or dependence upon, any other person, thing, or event.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Completely; wholly; without qualification; without reference or relation to, or dependence upon, any other person, thing, or event.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Completely, wholly; without qualification; without reference or relation to, or dependence upon, any other person, thing or event. To give property to a person absolutely, is to create such person the absolute and uncontrolled owner of it. But it has been held that the word absolutely, in a will, may be so far quahfied by accompanying expressions as to convey only a limited interest. See 2 Penn. St. R. 120, 133. ABSOLUTUM ET DIRECTUM DO-