See Also: conditional(dictionary)
Conditional Bet - General(gambling)
Conditional Discharge(law)
CONDITIONAL OBLIGATION(law)
CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL(law)
conditional discharge(dictionary)
conditional 2, noun(dictionary)
conditional 1, adjective(dictionary)
LEGACY, CONDITIONAL(law)
Conditional call(money)

conditional (iou)



conditional adjective & noun. LME.
[Old French condicionel (mod. -tionnel) or late Latin condicionalis, from condicio(n-): see CONDITION noun, -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Subject to one or more conditions; depending (on, upon); not absolute; made or granted on certain conditions or terms. LME.
conditional agreement Law an agreement dependent on the happening of an uncertain event. conditional discharge Law an order made by a criminal court whereby an offender may be sentenced for the original offence if a further offence is committed within a fixed period. conditional offer spec. of a place at a university, college, etc., subject to the attainment of specified grades in forthcoming examinations. conditional sale agreement Law a contract for the sale of goods under which ownership does not pass to the buyer until the instalments have been paid, although the buyer has possession.
W. Lippmann The fulfillment of this promise is..conditional upon the ability..to define equality. P. Blanchard Such conditional endearments as, 'My love to the little Sarah Margaret. I love her if she is a good girl and learns to read.' A. Lurie His parents' affection..was always conditional on good behaviour.
Grammar & Logic. Expressing or including a condition or supposition. M16.
conditional mood Grammar: used in the consequent clause of a conditional sentence.
A. Bain The conditional clause is introduced by 'if'.
b. noun. Chiefly Grammar & Logic. A word, clause, proposition, etc., expressing or including a condition; the conditional mood. M16.
conditionalism noun (Theology) the doctrine of conditional survival after death L19.
conditionalist adjective & noun of or pertaining to, a believer in, conditionalism L19.
conditio'nality noun the state or quality of being conditional M17.
conditionally adverb (a) in a conditional manner, subject to conditions; (b) on condition (that): LME.