- provisional
- Temporary; preliminary; tentative; taken or done by way of precaution or ad interim. A term of the check collection process describing payment, credit or other settlement for a check or other item when the person giving the settlement reserves a right, by law or agreement, to recover the payment or credit if the item is not finally paid@ provisional committeeA committee appointed for a temporary occasion@ provisional courtA federal court with jurisdiction and powers governed by the order from which it derives its authority. A provisional court established in conquered or occupied territory by military authorities, or the provisional government, is a federal court deriving its existence and all its powers from the federal government@ provisional governmentOne temporarily established in anticipation of and to exist and continue until another (more regular or more permanent) shall be organized and instituted in its stead@ provisional injunctionTerm sometimes used for interlocutory or temporary injunction@ provisional remedyA remedy provided for present need or for the immediate occasion; one adapted to meet a particular exigency. Particularly, a temporary process available to a plaintiff in a civil action, which secures him against loss, irreparable injury, dissipation of the property, etc., while the action is pending. Such include the remedies of injunction, appointment of a receiver, attachment, or arrest@ provisional seizureA remedy known under the law Louisiana, and substantially the same in general nature as attachment of property in other states@
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.