qualified

adj. certified, licensed; able, competent; modified, limited

v. train, certify; meet the minimum standards; limit, restrict; attribute a quality or characteristic; moderate, modify

Adjective
1. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"
(antonym) unqualified
(similar) well-qualified
(see-also) competent
2. limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"
(antonym) unqualified
(similar) conditional
(see-also) conditional
3. holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital"
(synonym) certified
(similar) registered
4. restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
(synonym) restricted
(similar) modified
(classification) grammar
5. having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe; "justice moderated with mercy"
(synonym) moderated
(similar) tempered
6. contingent on something else
(synonym) dependent, dependant
(similar) conditional
7. legally qualified; "a competent witness"
(similar) competent
(classification) law, jurisprudence

Verb
1. prove capable or fit; meet requirements
(synonym) measure up
(hypernym) suffice, do, answer, serve
(derivation) qualification, makings
2. pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
(antonym) disqualify
(hypernym) pronounce, label, judge
(hyponym) capacitate
(derivation) qualification, makings
3. make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
(synonym) restrict
(hypernym) modify
(derivation) qualification
4. make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"
(synonym) dispose
(antonym) disqualify, unfit, indispose
(hypernym) prepare, groom, train
(hyponym) habilitate
(derivation) quality, caliber, calibre
5. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
(synonym) stipulate, condition, specify
(hypernym) contract, undertake
(hyponym) provide
(verb-group) stipulate
(derivation) qualification, makings
6. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
(synonym) characterize, characterise
(hypernym) remember, think of
(hyponym) distinguish, mark, differentiate
(derivation) quality, character, lineament
7. add a modifier to a constituent
(synonym) modify
(hypernym) add
(hyponym) decelerate, slow down
(derivation) modifier, qualifier
(classification) grammar

(imp. & p. p.)
of Qualify
  

(a.)
Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
  

(a.)
Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
  

QUALIFIED - This term is frequently used in law. A man has a qualified property in animals ferae naturae, while they remain in his power, but, as soon as they regain their liberty, his property in them is lost. A man has a qualified right to recover property of which he is not the owner, but which was unlawfully taken out of his possession. But this right may be defeated by the owner bring a suit or claiming the property.

QUALIFIED INDORSEMENT - A transfer of a bill of exchange or promissory note to an indorsee, without any liability to the indorser; the words usually employed for this purpose, are sans recours, without recourse.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

adj.
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