Qualified

(kwŏl′ĭ-fīd), p. a. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments; modified; limited.

Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, and which ceases with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale.—Qualified indorsement (Law), an indorsement that modifies the liability of the indorser which would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument. Story.—Qualified negative (Legislation), the power of negativing bills which have passed the two houses of the legislature; a power vested in the president, governor, or other officer, but subject to be overruled and defeated by a subsequent vote of the two houses, passed in conformity with the provisions of the constitution.—Qualified property, that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment.

Syn.—Competent; fit; adapted.—QUALIFIED, COMPETENT. A man is competent to a task or duty when he has the powers which are requisite for its performance; he is qualified for it when those powers have been trained into an acquaintance with the business to be done, and expertness in the mode of performing it. Many are competent to employments which they are utterly unqualified to enter upon at once. “Competency mostly respects native character; qualification, artificial acquirements. Familiarity with any subject, aided by the requisite mental endowments, gives competency; acquaintance with the business to be done, and expertness in the mode of performing it, constitute the qualification.” Crabb. “Man is not competent to decide on the good or evil of many events which befall him in his life.” Cumberland. “Those who have the most learning and acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures are best qualified for the important and sacred office of instructing the people.” Crabb.