- conspicuous place
- Within the meaning of a statute relating to the posting of notices, a "conspicuous place" means one which is reasonably calculated to impart the information in question
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
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conspicuous place — Within the meaning of a statute relating to the posting of notices, a conspicuous place means one which is reasonably calculated to impart the information in question … Black's law dictionary
put in a conspicuous place — index expose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Conspicuous — Con*spic u*ous, a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con + spicere, specere, to look. See {Spy}] 1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. [1913 Webster] It … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conspicuous — con|spic|u|ous [kənˈspıkjuəs] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: conspicuus, from conspicere to get to see , from com ( COM ) + specere to look ] 1.) very easy to notice ≠ ↑inconspicuous ▪ The notice must be displayed in a conspicuous place.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
conspicuous — [[t]kənspɪ̱kjuəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily. The most conspicuous way in which the old politics is changing is in the growing use of referendums... You may feel tearful in… … English dictionary
conspicuous — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become ▪ make sb ▪ Its yellow skin makes it highly conspicuous … Collocations dictionary
conspicuous — adjective 1 someone or something that is conspicuous is very easy to notice, especially because they are different from everything or everyone else around them: I felt very conspicuous in my suit everyone else was in jeans. 2 unusually good, bad … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
conspicuous — Clearly visible; easily seen. In the case of a posted notice the place must be conspicuous and the notice must be conspicuous in the sense that it may be easily read. R. S. Oglesby Co. v Lindsey, 112 Va 767, 72 SE 672. In reference to a term or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
conspicuous by your absence — conˌspicuous by your ˈabsence idiom not present in a situation or place, when it is obvious that you should be there • When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence. Main entry: ↑conspicuousidiom … Useful english dictionary
conspicuous by one's absence — obviously not present in a place where one should be Origin: from a speech made by Lord John Russell in an address to electors (1859): taken from Tacitus (Annals iii. 76) … Useful english dictionary
