Consonance - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: consonanceConsonantly
In a consonant consistent or congruous manner agreeably...
Consonantness
The quality or condition of being consonant agreeable or consistent...
H
the eighth letter of the English alphabet is classed among the consonants and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet as sh th thlig as in shall thing thligine for zh see sect274 also to modify the sounds of some other letters as when placed after c and p with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh as in charm written also tch as in catch with the latter the sound of f as in phase phantom In some words mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e i and y as in chemistry chiromancy chyle Ghent Ghibelline etc in some others ch has the sound of sh as in chicane See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 153 179 181 3 237 8...
N
the fourteenth letter of English alphabet is a vocal consonent and in allusion to its mode of formation is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent Its commoner sound is that heard in ran done but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k as in single sink conquer it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing bring etc This is a simple but related sound and is called the gutturo nasal consonent See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 243 246...
Com
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum signifying with together in conjunction very etc It is used in the form com before b m p and sometimes f and by assimilation becomes col before l cor before r and con before any consonant except b h l m p r and w Before a vowel com becomes co also before h w and sometimes before other consonants...
Consonantal
Of the nature of a consonant pertaining to consonants...
F
F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet and a nonvocal consonant Its form and sound are from the Latin The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma unr which probably had the value of English w consonant The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoelignician the ultimate source being probably Egyptian Etymologically f is most closely related to p k v and b as in E five Gr pente E wolf L lupus Gr lykos E fox vixen fragile break fruit brook v t E bear L ferre See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 178 179 188 198 230...
VerbarLautverschiebung
The regular changes which the primitive Indo European stops or mute consonants underwent in the Teutonic languages probably as early as the 3d century b c often called the first Lautverschiebung sound shifting or consonant shifting...
M
M the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet is a vocal consonant and from the manner of its formation is called the labio nasal consonant See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 178 180 242...
Hire
Hire [locatio, conductio, Lat.], a bailment for a reward or compensation. It is divisible into four sorts:-(1) The hiring of a thing for use (locatio rei). (2) The hiring of work and labour (locatio operis faciendi). (3) The hiring of care and services to be performed or bestowed on the thing delivered (locatio custodi'). (4) The hiring of the carriage of goods (locatio operis mercium vehendarum) from one place to another. The three last are but sub-divisions of the general head of hire of labour and services.The rights, duties, and obligations of the parties resulting from the contract of bailment for hire may be thus stated:-(I.) Hire of things. The letting to hire implies an obligation to deliver the thing to the hirer; to refrain from every obstruction to the use of it by the hirer during the period of the bailment; to do no act that shall deprive the hirer of the thing; to warrant the title and right of possession to the hirer, in order to enable him to use the thing, or to perfor...
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