quoad hocadv.
/ˌkwəʊad ˈhɒk/, U.S. /ˌkwoʊæd ˈhɑk/ To the extent of this, as regards this, with respect to this; to this extent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to
in wise ofc1290
by (also for) reason ofa1350
as to (the) regard ofc1392
in regard of or toc1392
upon the side ofa1393
with regard toc1392
in respect of?a1425
in this (also that) behalf1458
upon the feat of1483
for (the) respect of1489
as pertains to1526
in order to1526
with respect1556
ad idem1574
on this behalf1581
in or with reference to1593
quoad hoc1601
in point of1605
with intuition to (of)1626
in the mention of1638
in terms of1704
how and about1753
as regards1797
as concerns1816
w.r.t.1956
1601 J. Chamber Treat. against Iudicial Astrol. iv. 24 It followeth, that these figure-flingers may sometime hit, and some time misse quoad hoc.
1643 H. Palmer Script. & Reason 49 The Lawes therefore are Null and the Authority Null; quoad hoc as will be plaine by this instance.
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iv. i. 49 I must confess, 'tis wrongfull quoad hoc, as to the Fact it self; but 'tis rightfull quoad hunc, as to this Heretical Rogue, whom we must dispatch.
1737 Common Sense I. 219 Infinite are the Numbers of minor Coxcombs, who are Coxcombs quoad hoc.
1779 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 281 That which they do have must..render the hermaphrodite imperfect quoad hoc.
1822 Edinb. Rev. 37 55 As far as relates to its fishes, they are, quoad hoc, marine.
1852 Times 11 Sept. 4/4 A class of economists..has ventured to assert that the distinction has no existence at all... Some difference there may be, but it is no difference quoad hoc.
1884 Law Times 78 169/2 The Bankruptcy and Insolvent Court Act..which quoad hoc is unrepealed.
1926 Virginia Law Rev. 13 6 The effect of this reservation, therefore, is to create..two new bodies, a Council and an Assembly quoad hoc, of which bodies the United States becomes a member for this special purpose.
1960 Musical Times 101 237/1 The programmes continue on their own sweet way and the status, if not completely quo, is quoad hoc an established part of the Establishment.
1991 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 135 6 Is the labeling to be taken as not necessarily apt beyond the particular issue decided, only quoad hoc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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