- A consequence of change - Bring about - Outcome - Overall impression - Result of an action - The consequence of lighting or sound could be a special one - Upshot
- A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation
made by a corporation for its own government. - A law that is less important than a general law or
constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a
matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and
by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has
probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
- A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an
appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general
after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a
recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it
carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the
Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to
have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.