Condition

Definition - Noun
1  : an uncertain future act or event whose occurrence or nonoccurrence determines the rights or obligations of a party under a legal instrument and esp. a contract
also
: a clause in the instrument describing the act or event and its effect

Definition - Transitive Verb
: to make subject to conditions <the sale...was orally conditioned upon approval of the patent ­j. d. calamari and j. m. perillo>



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