Perfect

Complete. This term is applied to rights and obligations in order to distinguish those which may be enforced by law, which are called "perfect,". from those which cannot be so enforced, which are said to be "imperfect." 37 Ga. 128.

Complete. The word implies either physical, moral, or mechanical perfection. 17 C. B. N. S. 601. A guaranty that goods are perfect is construed to mean that they are -perfect for the use intended; Roe v. Bacheldor, 41 Wis. 360. The term is applied to obligations in order to distinguish those which may be enforced by law, which are called perfect, Aycock v. Martin, 37 Ga. 128, 92 Am. Dec. 56, from those which cannot be so enforced, which are said to be imperfect. A perfect title is one which is good both at law and in equity. Warner v. Mut. A. Co., 21 Conn. 449.

Complete; finished; executed ; ehforceable.

— Perfect condition. In a statement of the rule that, when two claims exist in "perfect condition" between two persons, either may insist on a set-off, this term means that state of a demand when it is of right demandable by its terms. Taylor v. New York, 82 N. Y. 17.

— Perfect instrument. An instrument such as a deed or mortgage is said to become perfect when recorded (or registered) or filed for record, because it then becomes good as to nil the world. See Wilkins v. McCorkle, 112 Tenn. 688, 80 S. W. 834.

— Perfect trust. An executed trust, (q. v.) As to perfect "Equity," "Machine," "Obligation," "Ownership," "Title," and "Usufruct," see those titles.

To complete in form of law. Perfect bail: to justify after ex6eption, so as to render absolute. Perfect judgment: to enter judgment on record, and file and docket the record. Perfectum est cui nihil deest secundum suae perfectionis vel naturae modum, I. That is perfect to which nothing is wanting, according to the measure of its perfection or nature.

Complete; also, to make complete: as, a perfect obligation, a perfect title; to perfect^ an appeal, bail, a copyright, a deed, an invention, qq. v. Whence imperfect. If e^ccepted to, "bail "must be perfected; that is, the persons must justify themselves by each swearing that he is worth the Sum for which he is bail, after paying his debts.* A perfect external " obligation " confers the right of compulsion; a perfect " right," the light to compel those who refuse to fulfill the corresponding obligation,' q. V. A perfect " title " means a title which is 'good in law and equity. ^ A perfect "machine" may mean a "perfected" invention; not a machine perfectly constructed, but so constructed as to embody all the essential elements of the invention, in a form that would make them practical and operative, so as to accomplish the result.*

adj. Complete; as a perfect obligation, one which possesses all the elements necessary to render it enforceable. Perfect, v.: to make complete; as to perfect an appeal, to perfect bail. A perfect title can mean nothing less than a title which Is good both at law and in equity; and such a title to land cannot rest upon a parol estoppel, especially where by statute conveyances of land must be in writing. Warner v. Middlesex, &c. Assur. Co., 21 Conn. 444.