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Home Dictionary Name: soundsound
sound 1 a : free from injury or disease : exhibiting normal health b : free from flaw, defect, or decay [a design] 2 a : free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension [based on judicial reasoning] b : legally valid [a title] 3 : showing good judgment or sense sound·ly adv sound·ness n of sound mind : having the mental capacity to make a will esp. as demonstrated by the ability to understand the nature of one's property, identify the natural objects of one's bounty, and understand the nature of the dispositions being made in the will vi : to be based or founded : have a specified basis for an action used with in [those remedies for rent which ed in contract "O. W. Holmes, Jr."] [ing in tort] ...
Sound recording
Sound recording, means a recording of sounds from which such sounds maybe produced regardless of the medium on which such recording is made or the method by which the sounds are produced. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2(xx)]...
Sound mind
Sound mind, the words sound mind does not mean that the testator should have mental faculties in their fullest vigour, but he should have capacity to understand the nature of his property and a judgment of his own in making the dispositions, Rayali Kameshwar v. Bendopudi, AIR 1962 AP 178 (184). (Succession Act, 1925, s. 59)...
Sounding in damages
Sounding in damages. An action is said to sound in damages when it is brought for the recovery of unascertained damages....
High sounding
Pompous noisy ostentatious as high sounding words or titles...
Re sound
To sound again or anew...
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...
S
the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet is a consonant and is often called a sibilant in allusion to its hissing sound It has two principal sounds one a mere hissing as in sack this the other a vocal hissing the same as that of z as in is wise Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh as in sure measure It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage In a few words it is silent as in isle deacutebris With the letter h it forms the digraph sh See Guide to pronunciation sectsect 255 261...
Advertisement
Advertisement, [fr. avertissement, Fr.], a public notice or announcement of a thing.The duties payable on advertisements were repealed by 16 & 17 Vict. c. 63, s. 5.As to the protection afforded to Trustees and Personal Representatives by issuing an advertisement for creditors before distributing any real or personal property, see (English) Trustee Act, 1925, s. 27, amended by the (English) Law of Property (Amend.) Act, 1926, s. 7, and extending the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 29; Re Bracken, (1890) 43 Ch D 1.The regulation of advertisements is provided for by the (English) Advertisements Regulation Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 27), and the (English) Ancient Monuments Act, 1931 (20 & 21 Geo. 5), s. 7. See also Advertisements Regulation Act, 1925, respecting advertisements affecting the view or amenities of a village or historic building. Advertisements for stolen property may amount to an offer to compound a felony, and thus constitute an offence w...
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...
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