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Definition of For all intents and purposes
1. Adverb. In every practical sense. "The rest are for all practical purposes useless"
Definition of For all intents and purposes
1. Adverb. (idiomatic US) For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of For All Intents And Purposes
Literary usage of For all intents and purposes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Modern Municipal Charters and the Organization of Cities on by William Kent Clute (1920)
"... as said Board may direct, shall be deemed as valid for all intents and purposes
as though performed by the said official himself. Sec. 31. ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"... may be void for all intents, and purposes unless and until duly confirmed,
but if duly confirmed, valid ab initia. To this class belong marriages which ..."
3. Woman Under the Law by Alvah L. Stinson (1914)
"A marriage per se and without any judgment or decree, invalid for all intents
and purposes no matter in what proceeding or in what court the question arises ..."
4. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1865)
"... in the same manner in ^11 respects and for all intents and purposes °* ^ such
prisoner had been so removed as in any of the preceding sections of the ..."
5. The Law of Marriage and Divorce, as Established in England and the United States by David Stewart (1887)
"A marriage per te, and without any decree,1 invalid for all intents and purposes,
no matter in what proceeding or in what court the question arises, ..."
6. Woman and the Law by George James Bayles (1901)
"An attempt at marriage that is invalid for all intents and purposes is called a
void marriage, and needs no proceeding of a court to declare it such. ..."
7. Irish Equity Reports by Ireland High Court of Chancery, Ireland, Ireland Rolls Court, Rolls Court, High Court of Chancery (1839)
"9, the justices of the Head Office are created justices of the peace " for all
intents and purposes," for the counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare and Meath ..."
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