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Reservation

Reservation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Reservation? [n] the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion [n] the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking" [n] an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly [n] something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.) [n] a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations" [n] the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance [n] a district that is reserved for particular purpose Synonyms \| Synonyms for Reservation: arriere pensee \| booking \| mental reservation \| qualification \| reserve Related Terms \| Find terms related to Reservation: See Also \| administrative district \| administrative division \| agreement \| doubt \| doubtfulness \| dubiety \| dubiousness \| employment \| engagement \| fine print \| incertitude \| indian reservation \| prearrangement \| preservation \| preserve \| saving \| small print \| statement \| territorial division \| uncertainty \| understanding \| weasel word Reservation In Webster's Dictionary \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. With reservation of an hundred knights. --Shak. Make some reservation of your wrongs. --Shak. 2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward. --Dryden. 3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.] 4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. --Shak. 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. Note: This term is often used in the same sense with exception, the technical distinction being disregarded. 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. {Mental reservation}, the withholding, or failing to disclose, something that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import.

Reservation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reservation?

[n] the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion
[n] the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking"
[n] an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
[n] something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)
[n] a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations"
[n] the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
[n] a district that is reserved for particular purpose

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Reservation In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         With reservation of an hundred knights. --Shak.

         Make some reservation of your wrongs. --Shak.

2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or
   not given up or brought forward. --Dryden.

3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use,
   as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]

4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. --Shak.

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.

Note: This term is often used in the same sense with
      exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.

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.

{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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