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Definition of Caducity
1. n. Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility.
Definition of Caducity
1. Noun. dotage or senility ¹
2. Noun. The state of being impermanent or transitory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caducity
1. senility [n -TIES] - See also: senility
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caducity
Literary usage of Caducity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The True Principles of Legislation with Regard to Property Given for by Courtney Stanhope Kenny (1880)
"... so fatal and so inevitable is the operation of (to borrow Mr. Lowe's apt
phrase) -the Principle of caducity.' What does actual experience show ? ..."
2. Historical Memoirs of My Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1815)
"A degree of caducity was visible in his frame, and even his mind did not appear
to be wholly exempt from Decay. In Parliament, his Talents were rarely ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, Or Contracts by Robert Joseph Pothier (1806)
"repairing the caducity, \Vhen that is the only defect ? ... in the cafe of caducity.
It would be infinite if we were to go through all the other», ..."
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