NAKED
\nˈe͡ɪkɪd], \nˈeɪkɪd], \n_ˈeɪ_k_ɪ_d]\
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As a term of jurisprudence, this word is equivalent to bare, wanting in nec- essary conditions, incomplete, as a naked con- trad. (mulum pactum,) i. e., a contract devoid of consideration, and therefore invalid; or simple, unilateral, comprising but a single element, as a naked authority, i. e., one which is not coupled with any interest in the agent, but subsists for the benefit of the principal alone. As to naked "Confession," "Deposit," "Possession," "Possibility," "Power," "Promise," and "Trust," see those titles.
By Henry Campbell Black
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n[=a]'ked, adj. without clothes: uncovered: open to view: unconcealed: evident: unarmed: defenceless: unprovided: without addition or ornament: simple: artless: (bot.) without the usual covering.--adv. N[=A]'KEDLY.--n. N[=A]'KEDNESS.--NAKED EYE, the eye unassisted by glasses of any kind; NAKED LADY, the meadow-saffron.--STARK NAKED, entirely naked. [A.S. nacod; Ger. nackt.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Unclothed, nude; defenceless; unsheathed; plain, undisguised, (the n. truth; n. facts; in its n. absurdity), exposed for examination (his n. heart); devoid of; treeless, leafless, barren; (of rock) exposed; (of rooms) unfurnished; without ornament; (of candles &c.) exposed to air; without pericarp, leaves, hairs, scales, shell, &c.; without addition, comment, support, evidence, &c. (n. faith, quotations, word, assertion); unassisted (n. eye, without telescope &c.); N. Lady, N. Boys, meadow saffron. Hence nakedly adv., nakedness n. [old English]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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