Hinge - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: hingeHinge
To attach by or furnish with hinges...
Hinged
Furnished with hinges...
threshold
threshold : a point of beginning : a minimum requirement for further action ;specif : a determination (as of fact or the existence of a reasonable doubt) upon which something else (as further consideration or a right of action) hinges [the for inquiry] adj : of, relating to, or being a threshold [the issue in a negligence action is whether the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff "Noakes v. City of Seattle, 895 P.2d 842 (1995)"] [a showing of the need for psychiatric evaluation] ...
Bivalve
A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface as in the clam or by one as in the oyster See Mollusca...
Butt hinge
See 1st Butt 10...
Casement
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted Poetically A window...
Cross garnet
A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross...
Crosshead
A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod etc or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod which is hinged to the crosshead...
doorknocker
a device usually metal and ornamental attached by a hinge to a door which may be swung by hand against the door to make a loud knocking sound...
Gatepost
A post to which a gate is hung called also swinging post or hinging post...
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