classification

classification
Dividing into class; in a more sophisticated statement, the grouping of things in speculation or practice because they "agree with one another in certain particulars and differ from other things in those same particulars." Billings v Illinois, 188 US 97, 47 L Ed 400, 23 S Ct 272. "Classification is the most inveterate of our reasoning processes. We can scarcely think or speak without consciously or unconsciously exercising it. It must therefore obtain in and determine legislation; but it must regard real resemblances and real differences between things and persons, and class them in accordance with their pertinence to the purpose in hand." Truax v Corrigan, 257 US 312, 66 L Ed 254, 42 S Ct 124, 27 ALR 375, 388. "Classification" is a technical term for the practice in the English chancery courts of assigning litigants having similar interests in the same cause to one solicitor, to save expense.

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  • classification — clas·si·fi·ca·tion n: the act or method of distributing into a class or category according to characteristics; also: a class or category determined by characteristics see also suspect classification Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …   Law dictionary

  • Classification — Clas si*fi*ca tion, n. [Cf. F. classification.] The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities. [1913 Webster] {Artificial… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • classification — UK US /ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [U] ► the process of organizing things such as jobs or products into particular groups based on their type: »Second tier employees currently start at $7.55 to $11.05 an hour, depending on the job classification. ►… …   Financial and business terms

  • classification — CLASSIFICATION. s. f. Distribution en classes et suivant un certain ordre. La classification des Lois …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • classification — 1790, from CLASSIFY (Cf. classify) + ATION (Cf. ation), or from Fr. classification …   Etymology dictionary

  • classification — classification. См. классификация. (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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  • Classification — Classification, lat., die Eintheilungen in Classen, Geschlechter, Ordnungen etc.; davon classificiren …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • classification — The grouping of mailable matter into mail classes and subclasses by rate categories, according to content, weight, size, and preparation standards …   Glossary of postal terms

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