sub modoadv.adj.
/ˌsʌb ˈməʊdəʊ/, U.S. /ˌsəb ˈmoʊdoʊ/ Chiefly Law.
Under certain conditions, with a qualification; within limits. Also as adj.: qualified, conditional.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb]
conditionlyc1380
conditionally1483
qualifiedly1598
sub modo1600
contingently1657
subject1722
eventually1746
in a sort of way1802
qualifyingly1829
1600 W. Fulbecke Direct. Study Lawe vii. f. 55 It is of two sortes, eyther an absolute and indefeasible propertie, or els a qualified propertie and sub modo.
a1623 H. Swinburne Treat. Spousals (1686) 139 If a Man and a Woman contract Matrimony Sub modo.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 336 That this Paragium or Legacy descends to her Executors like other Legacies bequeath'd purely and sub modo.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iii. i. §8. 413 Obligations granted sub modo..are not..suspended until performance by the creditors in them.
1807 Edinb. Rev. July 352 The opinion..might be held sub modo, with perfect impunity.
1852 J. Bouvier Law Dict. U.S.A. (ed. 4) 554/1 A legacy may be given sub modo, that is, subject to a condition or qualification.
1898 W. J. Flagg Yoga xxv. 291 This was only a sub modo renunciation.
1925 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 7 32 The United States after their Civil War were, sub modo, in the same position as this country to-day.
2000 Jrnl. Peace Res. 37 476/2 Resolution 940 questions the validity of the sub modo way of conferring rights on states. When principles of international law have conferred rights on states, they have done so sub modo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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