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Vary

Vary, must be change or alteration, making of something new or to modify. In any case, the original cannot remain the same if it is varied, but on the other hand,

Alimony

have been executed. The court may order monthly or weekly payments, and may discharge the order, or increase, modify, or temporarily suspend the payments. In default of agreement it is usually one-third of the joint incomes for

Prefix

prefixed esp one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification as pre in prefix con in conjure

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Physics

that department of natural science which treats of the causes as gravitation heat light magnetism electricity etc that modify the general properties of bodies natural philosophy

Fire

to payment of the proportionate part of the premium by the purchaser. This condition may be excluded or modified by agreement. In a lease, both the covenant to pay rent and the covenant to repair must be

Firman

that alone would govern or regulate the rights of the parties concerned, though it could be annulled or modified by a later 'Firman' at any time that the Nizam willed, Ameer-un-Nissa Begum v. Mahboob Begum, AIR 1955

Declaration of London, 1909

belligerents with increasing alterations until it was formally, and finally abandoned by this country in April, 1916. A modified list of Articles absolutely or conditionally contraband was issued shortly after. See Hall or Lawrence on International Law.

Final decision

is unalterable except by resort to such provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure as permit its reversal, modification or amendment. Similarly, a final decision would mean a decision which would operate as res judicata between the

Double avail of marriage

superior, when the vassal refused a wife equal to him and offered by the superior; but this was modified to three years' rent of the vassal's free estate, Old Scots Law.

Disease

Disease, means an impairment or the normal state or the living animal that interrupts or modifies the performance of the vital functions being a response to environmental factors (as malnutrition, industrial hazards, or climate)

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