Quality
Qual´i`ty
n. | 1. | The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. |
| 2. | Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position. |
| 3. | That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman. |
| 4. | An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition. |
| 5. | Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. |
QUALITY, persons. The state or condition of a person.
2. Two contrary qualities cannot be in the same person at the same
time. Dig. 41, 10, 4.
3. Every one is presumed to know the quality of the person with whom he
is contracting.
4. In the United States, the people happily are all upon an equality in
their civil and political rights.
QUALITY, pleading. That which distinguishes one thing from another of the
same kind.
2. It is in general necessary, when the declaration alleges an injury
to the goods and chattels, or any contract relating to them, that the
quality should be stated and it is also essential, in an action for the
recovery of real estate, that its quality should be shown; as, whether it
consists of houses, lands, or other hereditaments, whether the lands are
meadow, pasture or arable, &c. The same rule requires that, in an action for
an injury to real property, the quality should be shown. Steph. Pl. 214,
215. Vide, as to the various qualities, Ayl. Pand. [60.]
Al,
Grade A,
acquired taste,
advantageousness,
affection,
affirmation,
agreeableness,
air,
ancestry,
appreciation of excellence,
arete,
aristocracy,
aristocraticalness,
aroma,
atmosphere,
aura,
auspiciousness,
badge,
beneficialness,
benevolence,
benignity,
birth,
blood,
blue blood,
blue-ribbon,
body-build,
brand,
cachet,
capacity,
cast,
characteristics,
choiceness,
civilized taste,
civilizedness,
class,
climate,
cogency,
complexion,
composition,
configuration,
constituents,
crasis,
cultivated taste,
cultivation,
culture,
cut,
daintiness,
delicacy,
desert,
dharma,
diathesis,
differentia,
differential,
dignity,
discrimination,
disposition,
distinctive feature,
earmark,
elegance,
element,
elite,
eminence,
ethos,
excellence,
excellency,
expedience,
factor,
fairness,
fastidiousness,
favorableness,
feel,
feeling,
fiber,
figure,
fine,
fineness,
finesse,
first-class,
first-rate,
first-rateness,
flavor,
flower,
footing,
frame,
genius,
genteelness,
gentility,
gentry,
good taste,
goodliness,
goodness,
grace,
gracefulness,
gracility,
graciosity,
graciousness,
grain,
grandeur,
gust,
habit,
hallmark,
healthiness,
helpfulness,
honorable descent,
hue,
humor,
humors,
idiocrasy,
idiosyncrasy,
ilk,
importance,
impress,
impression,
index,
individualism,
individuality,
keynote,
kindness,
lineaments,
makeup,
mannerism,
marking,
merit,
milieu,
mold,
niceness,
nicety,
nobility,
noble birth,
nobleness,
note,
odor,
overtone,
parameter,
part,
particularity,
patriciate,
perfection,
physique,
place,
pleasantness,
polish,
position,
predication,
prime,
profitableness,
prominence,
property,
quirk,
refinement,
relation,
rewardingness,
role,
royalty,
savor,
seal,
sense,
shape,
singularity,
situation,
skillfulness,
smack,
society,
somatotype,
sophistication,
sort,
soundness,
specialty,
spirit,
stamp,
standing,
state,
station,
stature,
streak,
stripe,
subtlety,
suchness,
superbness,
superior,
superiority,
supremacy,
system,
taint,
tang,
taste,
tastefulness,
temper,
temperament,
tendency,
tenor,
token,
tone,
trick,
undertone,
upper class,
usefulness,
validity,
vein,
virtue,
virtuousness,
way,
wholeness,
worth