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Definition of Forthcomingness
1. Noun. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
Generic synonyms: State
Derivative terms: Forthcoming, Imminent, Imminent, Impend, Impend, Impendent
Definition of Forthcomingness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being forthcoming. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forthcomingness
Literary usage of Forthcomingness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... a specific object of the legislator's care, referable to the general head
above brought to view; viz. securing the forthcomingness of evidence. ..."
2. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"Of all modes of securing forthcomingness, immediate or eventual — of all modes
... For thus obtaining and securing compliance respecting forthcomingness, ..."
3. The Rationale of Punishment by Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont (1830)
"It is intended only'to ensure the forthcomingness of an individual suspected of
having committed an offence, that he may be pre* sent to undergo the ..."
4. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1829)
"... by which the forthcomingness of sufficient evidence of the existence of the
debt was secured,—the immediate sale of moveables for payment of the debt at ..."
5. Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson by Henry Crabb Robinson, Thomas Sadler (1869)
"... in writing of evidence in law, calls forthcomingness, and he would make
provision for it in his juridical institutions. ..."
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