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mental reservation
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Mental reservation
(gcide) | Reservation \Res`er*va"tion\ (r?z`?r-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]servation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.]
1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or
withholding from disclosure; reserve. --A. Smith.
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With reservation of an hundred knights. --Shak.
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Make some reservation of your wrongs. --Shak.
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2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or
not given up or brought forward. --Dryden.
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3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use,
as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]
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4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. --Shak.
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5. (Law)
(a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is
reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse
before.
(b) A proviso. --Kent.
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Note: This term is often used in the same sense with
exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.
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6. (Eccl.)
(a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for
purposes of devotion and for the communion of the
absent and sick.
(b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope
reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.
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7. an agreement to have some space, service or other
acommodation, as at a hotel, a restaurant, or on a public
transport system, held for one's future use; also, the
record or receipt for such an agreement, or the
contractual obligation to retain that accommodation; as, a
hotel reservation; a reservation on a flight to Dallas; to
book a reservation at the Ritz.
[PJC]
Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to
disclose, something that affects a statement, promise,
etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its
import.
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mental reservation
(wn) | mental reservation
n 1: an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting
something wholeheartedly [syn: mental reservation,
reservation, arriere pensee] |
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Mental reservation
(gcide) | Reservation \Res`er*va"tion\ (r?z`?r-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]servation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.]
1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or
withholding from disclosure; reserve. --A. Smith.
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With reservation of an hundred knights. --Shak.
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Make some reservation of your wrongs. --Shak.
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2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or
not given up or brought forward. --Dryden.
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3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use,
as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]
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4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. --Shak.
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5. (Law)
(a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is
reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse
before.
(b) A proviso. --Kent.
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Note: This term is often used in the same sense with
exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.
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6. (Eccl.)
(a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for
purposes of devotion and for the communion of the
absent and sick.
(b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope
reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.
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7. an agreement to have some space, service or other
acommodation, as at a hotel, a restaurant, or on a public
transport system, held for one's future use; also, the
record or receipt for such an agreement, or the
contractual obligation to retain that accommodation; as, a
hotel reservation; a reservation on a flight to Dallas; to
book a reservation at the Ritz.
[PJC]
Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to
disclose, something that affects a statement, promise,
etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its
import.
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