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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Old forms: Complet, compleet, compleate, compleat (adap. Lat. completus, pa. pple. of complere to fill up, finish: cp. Fr. complet). 1. Wanting no part, member, or element; entire, perfect, full. The word applied in this sense to title to land, in general means the right of property as well as possession and right of possession. A complete title to land, according to Blackstone, consists of juris et seisinae conjunctio; the possession, the right of possession and the right of property. (60 Miss. 1054; 6 Hill. 539.) 2. Perfect in nature, kind, or quality; consummate; thorough. 3. Finished; completed; ended. The premises were sold, in consideration of machinery to be furnished, complete, in the mill. This includes, not only the cost of the machinery, but the labor and material necessary to place it in proper position for operation. (58 Ill. 339.) 4. To add or supply what is wanting to; to finish, perfect, make complete. 5. To accomplish; to fulfill; to consummate, execute, achieve, realize. (28 N. Y. Supp. 445.)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

adj. 1. Full; entire; including every item or element of the thing spoken of, without omissions or deficiencies; as, a "complete" copy, record, schedule or transcript Yeager v. Wright, 112 Ind. 230, 13 N. E. 707; Anderson v. Ackerman, 88 Ind. 490; Bailey v. Martin, 119 Ind. 103, 21 N. E. 346. peoples, this was the name given to a sum of money paid, as satisfaction for a wrong or personal Injury, to the person harmed, or to his family if he died, by the aggressor. It was originally made by mutual agreement of the parties, but afterwards established by law, and took the place of private physical vengeance. 2. Perfect; consummate; not lacking in any element or partichlar; as in the case of a "complete legal title" to land, which includes the possession, the right of possession, and the right of property. Dingey v. Paxton, 60 Miss. 1054; Ehle v. Quacken-bass, 6 Hili (N. Y.) 537.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Cause, 3, Of action; Inchoate; Perfect. 1 Bullinger v. Mackey, 15 Blatch. 556, 5S8 (1879), cases. = Hanson v. Jaccard Jewelry Co., 33 F. B.:03 (1887), Thayer, J.; Drone, Copyr. 152-51, cases.. 3 Commonwealth v. Davis, 11 Pick. "436 (lasi). 4 Commonwealth v. Haynes, 107 Mass. 197 (1871). 5 Campbell v. Thompson, 16 Me. 120 (ISM). » State v. Richardson, 34 Minn. 117-18 (1885), Act, R. S. § 5378.