controlment

controlment
noun see control I

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Controlment — Con*trol ment, n. 1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. [1913 Webster] You may do it without controlment. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Opposition; resistance; hostility.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • controlment — index power Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • controlment — noun Control. That for her love such quarrels may be broachdWithout controlment, justice, or revenge? …   Wiktionary

  • controlment — n. act of controlling; condition of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; supervision …   English contemporary dictionary

  • controlment — con·trol·ment …   English syllables

  • controlment — /kantrolmant/ In old English law, the controlling or checking of another officer s account; the keeping of a counter roll …   Black's law dictionary

  • controlment — /kantrolmant/ In old English law, the controlling or checking of another officer s account; the keeping of a counter roll …   Black's law dictionary

  • controlment — The auditing or checking of an account. control of bidding. See chilling bids …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • controlment — kənˈtrōlmənt noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from controllen to control + ment archaic : the act of controlling : check …   Useful english dictionary

  • control — I. verb (controlled; controlling) Etymology: Middle English countrollen, from Anglo French contrerouler, from contreroule copy of an account, audit, from Medieval Latin contrarotulus, from Latin contra + Medieval Latin rotulus roll more at roll… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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