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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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.)