Prevailing
51prevailing usage — that usage of the name which is adopted by at least a substantial majority of the most recent authors concerned with the relevant taxon, irrespective of how long ago their work was published …
52prevailing party — noun The party in a civil lawsuit who the factfinder determines to be right, and who, in some jurisdictions, may recover attorneys fees and other expenses associated with the prosecution or defense of the lawsuit …
53prevailing wind — the direction from which wind most frequently blows in a particular place …
54prevailing wind — pre,vailing wind noun count a wind that blows in a particular area at a particular time of year …
55prevailing visibility — The horizontal distance at which targets of known distance are visible over half the horizon. It is determined by viewing dark objects against the horizon sky by day and moderate intensity unfocused lights by night. The half of the horizon need… …
56prevailing wind — noun a wind from the predominant or most usual direction …
57prevailing rate of wages — The wages received generally by those who are working at the same trade or occupation. People ex rel. Rolf v Coler, 58 App Div 347 68 NYS 1101. The average, rather than the highest or lowest, wages paid for a legal day s work in the same trade or …
58prevailing party — noun the party in a lawsuit who obtains a judgment in their own favor • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑litigant, ↑litigator …
59prevailing westerly — noun the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth • Syn: ↑westerly • Derivationally related forms: ↑westerly (for: ↑westerly) • Hypernyms: ↑west wind, ↑ …
60no longer prevailing — index outdated, outmoded Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
