Qualify

To become qualified or fit for any office or employment. To take the necessary steps to prepare one’s self for an appointment: as, to take an oath to discharge the duties of an office, to give the bond required of an executor, etc. It is held synonymous with probate in a statute authorizing probate judges to qualify wills by receiving the evidence of witnesses, etc. Bent v. Thompson, 5 N. M. 408, 23 Pac. 238.

To make fit; to prepare for the discharge dutie."! of an ofl Sce or trust by the filing of a an oath, or both; to i-estrict, limit or modify.

1. To make fit or capable; to be made or become fit or capable. Opposed, disqualify. See Interest, 3 (1). 3. To prepare one's self for the discharge of a duty, or the duties of an office. To qualify as executor is to take an oath to discharge the duties of that trust. ^ Qualification. The endowment or acquirement which renders eligible to place or position. 2 "Qualifications" and "qualified," in the constitution of Kentucky, have their most comprehensive sense, referring not only to circumstances that render a citizen eligible to office, or entitle him to vote, but also to those that exempt him from all legal disqualifications for either purpose.' Qualification relates to fitness or capacity for a particular pursuit or purpose. Webster defines it as " any natural endowment or any acquirement which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or enables him to sustain any character with success." * Disqualification from the put-suit of a particular vocation, from positions of trust, from, the privilege of appearing in the courts, or of acting as an executor, administrator, or guardian, has been and, perhaps, may still be imposed as punishment. Jurors in the Federal courts must have the qualifications required'for jurors by the law of the State of which they are citizens to serve in her highest courts. Exceptions are made of certain officials, followers of some vocations, persons over a designated age,.and persons infirm, or infamous.^ "Qualifications" here refers to general qualifications as to age, citizenship, etc., not to bias, intei'est, and the like, which do not disqualify generally, but only at the instance of a party, ^ Conformity to State law is all that is required.' 8. To limit, restrict; to modify. Predicated of one section of a statute in its operation upon another section; of an indorsement (g. v.) > See Hale v. Salter, 25 La. An. 334 (1873), Morgan, J. 2 Hyde v. State, B2 Miss. 672 (1876), Chambers, J. » [Hall V. Hostetter, 17 B. Mon. 785 (1856); Commonwealth V. Jones, 10 Bush, 744 (1874); 64 Mo. 103. < [Cumraings v. Missouri, 4 Wall. 319-30 (1866), Field, Justice. » See B. S. § 800. ■ of a bill -or note which restrains or enlarges liability as ordinarily understood; of a limited right of ownership in property (g. v.)\ of a base fee (g. v.). Qualified, (1) Fitted by endowment or acquirement; capacitated; prepared; entitled. Qualified elector, A person legally qualified to vote.i A "legal voter" is a qualified elector who in fact votes.* Qualified for office. Imports that the person has complied with the law, as, by giving a bond and taking the oath of office. ^ "Qualified," in the expression "duly qualified," may refer to the condition or status of the officer or to the act of taking the oath.^ See Vacascjt. Qualified voter. A person qualified to vote generally.* In Colorado, a woman, not being such an elector, cannot, under the constitution, be appointed a notary.* In the constitution of Mississippi, one qualified or entitled to vote, and actually voting.' A voter is one "who votes, not one merely qualified to vote.* (2) Limited, restricted; modified: as, a qualified — indorsement, fee, property, qq. v. See also Provided. Compare Absolute.

1. To adapt; to make fit; to prepare. In a special sense of the word, it means to take the oath and give the bond required by law from an administrator, executor, public officer or the like, before he may enter on the discharge of his duties. One who takes these steps to parently, an elision of " to qualify himself." 2. To limit; to modify; to restrict. Thus it is said that one section of a statute qualifies another. Qualified, adj. 1. Adapted; entitled; fitted; prepared. Thus an elector is called qualified to vote. Also, limited; restricted; as a qualified fee. Qualification: a necessary element of fitness; something which one must possess before he can act in a particular capacity. Thus citizenship may be one of the qualifications of a jury; possession of a certain amount of property may be one of the qualifications of an elector. Also, the act or step of making oath or giving bond, when required as a condition of entering upon an office or trust. Also, a limitation or restriction; a modification of meaning; and, generally, one tending in abatement or diminution of what has been said. 2. In old ecclesiastical law, qualified applied to a person enabled to hold two benefices. Jacob. Qualified elector. Means a person who is legally qualified to vote, while a " legal voter " means a qualified elector who does in fact vote. Sanford v. Prentice, 28 Wis. 358. Qualified fee. A base fee; that is, one which has a qualification subjoined thereto, and which must terminate whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an end. See 2 Bl. Com. 109; 1 Steph. Com. 239. Qualified indorsement. An indorsement of a bill of exchange or promissory note is called qualified, which restrains, limits, or enlarges the liability of the indorser in a manner different from that which the law generally imports as his true liability, deducible from the nature of the instrument. A familiar example is that of an indorsement " without recourse." Qualified property. A limited right of ownership; a temporary or special interest in a thing, liable to be totally devested on the happening of some particular event. Instances are: such right as a man has in animals ferm naturm, which he has reclaimed; the right of a seised on execution. See 2 Kent Com. 347; 2 Bl. Com. 391,452. Qualification. Qualification for office is " endowment, or aceompliahraent that fits for an office; having the legal requisites, endowed with qualities suitable for the purpose." State v. Seay, 64 Mo, 89. Qualification, as used in act of congress of July 20, 1840, prescribing that jurors in federal courts shall have the like qualification, &c., as jurors in state courts, refers to general qualifications as to age, citizenship, &c., and not to personal objections which, at the instance of a party, may, at his election, amount to a disqualification to sit in the particular case, but do not exclude the juror from the panel. United States o. Williams, 1 DM. 485.