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Use, as the application of a drug; devoting to a purpose, as the application of payments. A request; a seeking, usually in the form of writing; a petition.
One of the most frequent uses of the term is in the law of insurance, it referring in that connection to the first step in negotiating a contract or policy of insurance, being a signed statement by the prospective insured wherein he requests the insurance and fills in such details concerning the risk as the insurer seeks by way of information upon which it will decide whether or not to accept the risk and issue a policy. Dickinson v Bankers Life & Cas. Co. (Mo App) 283 SW2d 658.
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application — [ aplikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1361; de appliquer, d apr. lat. applicatio 1 ♦ Action de mettre une chose sur une autre de manière qu elle la recouvre et y adhère. L application d un enduit sur un mur. Application de feuilles de bois ou de métal précieux … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Application — Ap pli*ca tion, n. [L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See {Apply}.] 1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. [1913 Webster] 2. The thing applied. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
application — ap·pli·ca·tion n: a request for action or relief most application s request bail...or an extension of time to file W. J. Brennan, Jr.; also: a form used to make such a request an insurance application Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
application — APPLICATION. sub. f. Action par laquelle on applique une chose sur une autre. L application d un emplâtre, d un topique sur une partie malade. f♛/b] Les Physiciens disent, que Le mouvement est l application successive d un corps aux différentes… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Application — may refer to:Clerical and bureaucratic processes*Application form *College application *Job application *Grant application *School applicationComputing*Application layer, in computer networks, used in describing a type of networking protocol… … Wikipedia
application — The act of making a request usually of the Court, for example, an application to have a bankrupt discharged. (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 … Glossary of Bankruptcy
Applicatĭon — (v. lat.), 1) Anfügung, Anpassung, Anwendung; 2) Anwendung einer allgemeinen Wahrheit auf Fälle der Erfahrung; 3) (Med.), Anwendung bes. von äußeren Arzneimitteln, Instrumenten, Maschinen etc.; 4) Fähigkeit, sich in etwas zu finden, Brauchbarkeit … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Application — [engl.], Anwendungsprogramm … Universal-Lexikon
application — (n.) early 15c., the bringing of something to bear on something else, from O.Fr. aplicacion (14c.), from L. applicationem (nom. applicatio) a joining to, an attaching oneself to, noun of action from pp. stem of applicare (see APPLY (Cf. apply)).… … Etymology dictionary
application — (a pli ka sion ; en poésie, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1° Action d appliquer une chose sur une autre ; superposition. L application d un topique sur le lieu malade. En termes d architecture, action d appliquer des matières d ornement sur la… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
