individual

individual
Adjective: Single. Pertaining to one person alone. Noun: A person. A natural person, as distinguished from a corporation. Commonwealth ex rel. Reinboth, v Councils of Pittsburgh, 41 Pa 278. The purchaser may recover for injuries resulting from drinking liquor where the remedy is given by dramshop or civil damage act to "individuals" who sustain damage. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 539. See quasi individual.

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  • individual — adj. 2 g. 1. Do indivíduo. = PESSOAL ≠ COLETIVO 2. Próprio do indivíduo. = PARTICULAR, PECULIAR 3. Que é destinado apenas a uma pessoa. 4. Que é feito apenas por uma pessoa (ex.: exposição individual). ≠ COLETIVO • s. m. 5. O que é referente… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • individual — adj 1 particular, specific, *special, especial Analogous words: *single, sole, separate, particular Antonyms: general Contrasted words: generic, *universal, common 2 peculiar, distinctive, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • individual — [in΄də vij′o͞o əl; ] often [ in΄divij′əl] adj. [ML individualis < L individuus (< in , IN 2 + dividuus, divisible < dividere, to DIVIDE) + AL] 1. Obs. not divisible; not separable 2. existing as a single, separate thing or being; single; …   English World dictionary

  • individual — individual. См. индивидуум. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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