The Collaborative International Dictionary
Condition \Con*di"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token.]
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Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.
I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king.
--Shak.And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?
--Cowley.The new conditions of life.
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Essential quality; property; attribute.
It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others.
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Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.]
The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil.
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That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.
I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning.
--Shak.Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance.
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(Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend.
--Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton.Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation.
On condition or Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. ``Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.''
--Shak.Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.
Syn: State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State.
Usage examples of "upon condition".
And as in the treaty which Filippo made with the Doge of Genoa, he had acquired Serezana and other places situated on this side the Magra, upon condition that, if he wished to alienate them, they should be given to the Genoese, it was quite palpable that he had broken the treaty.
Shiz declined, except upon condition that Coriantumr would come and let him cut his head off first--a thing which Coriantumr would not do.
A licence was granted to speculators to dig the ore and smelt it, upon condition of their paying to the government a percentage on the mineral obtained.