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pro·vi·sion·al /prə-'vi-zhə-nəl/ adj1: provided for a temporary need: suitable or acceptable in the existing situation but subject to change or nullificationa provisional governmentprovisional custody of a minor2: of, relating to, or being temporary judicial acts or proceedings (as of attachment, injunction, or sequestration) allowed before final judgment to protect the interests of one or more parties to an actiona provisional remedypro·vi·sion·al·ly adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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alterable, conditional, contingent, dependent on circumstances, equivocal, for a time, in a state of uncertainty, in tempus, indefinite, indeterminate, interim, limited, makeshift, modifiable, nonpermanent, of short duration, passing, provisory, subject to change, subject to terms, substitute, temporarily established, temporary, tentative, transient, transitional, transitory, unascertained, unassured, unconfirmed, undecided, undetermined, unsettled
associated concepts: provisional appointment, provisional court, provisional employee, provisional government, provisional receiver, provisional remedy
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conditional, contingent, dubious, empirical, interim, interlocutory, qualified (conditioned), restrictive, speculative, subject (conditional), surrogate, temporary, tentative, transient, transitory, uncertain (questionable), vicarious (substitutional)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Temporary; arranged as a temporary measure to keep affairs in order until a permanent solution can be arranged.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Temporary; not permanent. Tentative, contingent, preliminary.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Temporary; not permanent. Tentative, contingent, preliminary.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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provisional — 1 Provisional, tentative are comparable when they mean not final or definitive. Something provisional is adopted only for the time being and will be discarded when the final or definitive form is established or when the need which called it into… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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provisional — (De provisión). adj. Que se hace, se halla o se tiene temporalmente. ☛ V. alférez provisional, conclusión provisional, libertad provisional, sobreseimiento provisional … Diccionario de la lengua española
provisional — ► ADJECTIVE 1) arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later. 2) (Provisional) relating to the unofficial wings of the IRA and Sinn Fein. ► NOUN (Provisional) ▪ a member of the Provisional wing of the IRA or Sinn Fein.… … English terms dictionary
Provisional — Pro*vi sion*al, a. [Cf. F. provisionnel.] Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
provisional — Que no es final o definitivo, como un hallazgo experimental que todavía no ha sido validado. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
provisional — (adj.) of temporary arrangements, c.1600, from Fr. provisionnal (late 15c.), from O.Fr. provision (see PROVISION (Cf. provision)). The notion is of something that will provide for present needs. Related: Provisionally … Etymology dictionary
provisional — adj. 2 g. 1. Feito por provisão. 2. Provisório, interino … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
provisional — [adj] contingent, tentative conditional, dependent, ephemeral, experimental, interim, limited, makeshift, passing, pro tem, provisionary, provisory, qualified, rough andready*, stopgap*, temporary, test, transient, transitional; concepts… … New thesaurus
provisional — ☆ provisional [prō vizh′ə ner΄ē, prə vizh′əner΄ēprə vizh′ə nəl, prōvizh′ə nəl] adj. having the nature of a temporary provision; arranged or established for the time being, pending permanent arrangement or establishment: also provisionary [prō… … English World dictionary