soon
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Definitions from Case Law
From 504 U.S. 555 - Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 1992Most cited · 31,563 citing opinions
the standard mandated by our precedents—that the injury be "imminent," "Whitmore v. Arkansas," 495 U.S. 149 , 155, 110 S.Ct. 1717, 1723, 109 L.Ed.2d 135 (1990)—we are at a loss to see how, as a factual matter, the standard can be met by respondents' mere profession of an intent, some day, to return.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Within a reasonable time. Sanford v. Shepard, 14 Kan. 232.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Within a reasonable time; a^, in the case of a promise to do an act soon.* See Time. As soon as. A contract to deliver cotton " as soon as it can be picked out and shipped" was held to allow the lapse of a reasonable time, and until the usual mode of transportation could be employed.' The charter of a railroad company authorized it " as soon as it conveniently can " to construct a road, with tracks, works, appendages, etc. Held, that the company was not bound to exercise its whole authority in the beginning, when the demands of business are few.«
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A promise to do an act soon, imports, usually, that the promisor will do it in a reasonable time; he is entitled to a reasonable time for performance, and is liable, after that time has expired without performance. See Sanford v. Shepard, 14.K^an. 228; Ubsdell ». Pierson, 22 Mo. 124; Waddell v. Eeddick, 2 Ired. L. 424.