address

address
Verb: To speak or to write to a person or a body; to indicate the destination of mail. Noun: The direction given on a letter or other piece of mail as to the destination. A speech or a writing. A request of an executive by a legislative body for. the removal of a judge or other officer. The technical description in a bill in equity of the court to which the bill is presented, including, if desired, but not as a requirement, the name of the chancellor or judge. 27 Am J2d Equity § 180. To call the words which one minister speaks to his congregation a "sermon," immune from regulation, and the words of another minister an "address," subject to regulation, is merely an indirect way of preferring one religion over another, in violation of the constitutional guaranties of freedom of religion. Fowler v Rhode Island, 345 US 67, 97 L Ed 828, 73 S Ct 526.

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  • address — [n1] place of residence or business where one can be contacted abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts,… …   New thesaurus

  • address — [ə dres′; ] for n. 2, 3, & 7, also [ a′dres΄] vt. [ME adressen, to guide, direct < OFr adresser < a , to + dresser < VL * directiare, to direct < L dirigere: see DIRECT] 1. to direct (spoken or written words) to someone 2. to speak to …   English World dictionary

  • Address — Ad*dress ([a^]d*dr[e^]s ), v. i. 1. To prepare one s self. [Obs.] Let us address to tend on Hector s heels. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To direct speech. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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