depending (on)

depending (on)
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. contingent upon, regulated by, controlled by, determined by, in the event of, on the condition that, subject to, providing, provided, incumbent on, secondary to, springing from, growing from; see also conditional .

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  • depending — Relying on; being conditional or contingent on something. Ancient usage seems to have included the meaning of pending, so that a depending action was a pending action. 3 Bl Comm 450. See words and phrases beginning dependent …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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