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English
Etymology
From Latin potestativus, from potestas (“power”). Compare French potestatif. See potent.
Adjective
potestative (comparative more potestative, superlative most potestative)
- (obsolete) authoritative
- c. 1683 John Pearson, An Exposition of the Creed. Reprinted by J.F. Dove: London, 1832. Article I, p 66. (online)
- The third branch of God's authoritative or potestative power consisteth in the use of all things in his possession, by virtue of his absolute dominion.
- (law) of a condition in a legal contract: being completely controlled by exactly one of the parties to the contract
- 1843 John Bouvier, A Law Dictionary. Reprinted by G.W. Childs: Philadelphia, 1864. Entry for "Condition", p. 264. (online)
- A potestative condition is that which is in the power of the person in whose favor it is contracted; as, if I engage to give my neighbor a sum of money, in case he cuts down a tree which obstructs my prospect.
1962, William Shelby McKenzie, “Obligations — Potestative Conditions — Right to Terminate In Employment Contracts”, in Louisiana Law Review, volume 22:Articles 1170 and 1174 of the French Civil Code deal with potestative conditions. The former defines as potestative a contractual condition the fulfillment of which is within the power of one of the contracting parties to bring about or hinder. The latter article provides that every obligation contracted on a potestative condition on the part of him who purports to bind himself is null.
Italian
Adjective
potestative
- feminine plural of potestativo