Deteriorate - Law Dictionary Search Results

Deterioration

Deterioration, Having regard to the background and the setting in which

make inferior in quality or value to impair as to deteriorate the mind

cure of some disease but also as would prevent further deterioration of the disease. The expression connotes a remedial measure either

as in position value etc to debase to degrade to deteriorate

worse to diminish in quantity value excellence or strength to deteriorate as to impair health character the mind value

other words to make a thing or substance worse and deteriorate. The word 'impair' cannot be said to have a fixed

without damaging or destroying it, although the property might naturally deteriorate over time, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1542.

worth dignity purity station etc to degrade to lower to deteriorate to abase as to debase the character by crime to

withstanding long use without deterioration resistant to damage

The the process of deterioration afflicting a ship that is iron sick