Opposability
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Opposability is a noun meaning The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being placed opposite to something else).
Meaning
The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being placed opposite to something else).
More Meanings
- The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being resisted).
Example Sentences
This consequence remains hidden as long as custom is thought in terms of "opposabilities" in which the States' conduct is interpreted so as to render the same norm.
Among the Primates themselves there is a whole group of living species, the South American marmosets, that, in the fore feet at least, show no evidence of opposability, although they are strictly arboreal in habits.
Although no provision of the Civil Code lays down the principle of invocability, it is nonetheless unanimously admitted and is found in substantive law in two forms: the opposability of the contract to third parties, and the opposability of the contract by third parties.
Word Forms
- opposabilities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include confrontation, effectiveness, enforceability, validity, justiciability, unopposability.
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