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Definition of Admittance

1. Noun. The right to enter.

2. Noun. The act of admitting someone to enter. "The surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic"

Definition of Admittance

1. n. The act of admitting.

2. n. The reciprocal of impedance.

Definition of Admittance

1. Noun. The act of admitting. ¹

2. Noun. Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance. ¹

3. Noun. Actual entrance, reception. ¹

4. Noun. (euphemistic hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora. ¹

5. Noun. (British) (legal) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. ¹

6. Noun. (physics) The reciprocal of impedance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Admittance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Admittance

admissibilities admissibility admissible admissibleness admissibly admission admission charge admission fee admission price admissions

admissive admissory admit admits admittable admittances admittaunce admittaunces admitted admittedly

admittee admittees admitter admitters admittible admitting admitting of(p) admittingly admittivities

Literary usage of Admittance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"The claimant has also to prove the admittance of the By devisee of testator to the copyhold ... A will, and a surrender admittance, to the use of the will, ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"admittance.—I370! admittance is the last stage, or perfection, of copyhold assurances. And this is of three sorts: first, an admittance upon a voluntary ..."

3. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"If the lord accepts rent of B. it is a good admittance. ... A. surrenders to the use ofB. who before admittance surrenders to the tise of C. and C. is ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"Woodfall) in these terms : A. surrenders to the use of B., " who before admittance surrenders to the use of C., and " C. is admitted : ruled that C. takes ..."

5. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1818)
"admittance is good, so far as the lord has executed his power; but where he exceeds it, he acts without authority, and therefore the excess is void. 51. ..."

6. The Practice of the Law in All Its Departments: With a View of Rights by Joseph Chitty (1833)
"^o^""" admittances of copyhold are of three descriptions; first, upon PROPERTY. a voluntary grant from the lord without any previous surrender, g admittance ..."

7. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1792)
"Г2. [But! if the lord will admit him by attorney it is good. Gilb. Treat. Co. 9. Combe 76.] s. P. admit- cd, that admittance by the lord in court and out of ..."

8. An Elementary Digest of the Law of Property in Land by Stephen Martin Leake (1874)
"The Court of Chancery also exercises a like jurisdiction to compel admittance, and originally, it seems, the jurisdiction was in the Court of Chancery only. ..."

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