Valid

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Valid \Val"id\, a. [F. valide, L. validus strong, from valere to
     be strong. See {Valiant}.]
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     1. Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obs.] "Perhaps more valid
        arms . . . may serve to better us." --Milton.
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     2. Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth;
        capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not
        weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid
        argument; a valid objection.
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              An answer that is open to no valid exception. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
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     3. (Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the
        proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully
        overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid
        covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or
        title; a valid marriage.
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     Syn: Prevalent; available; efficacious; just; good; weighty;
          sufficient; sound; well-grounded.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  valid
       adj 1: well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a
              valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid
              contract"; "a valid license" [ant: {invalid}]
       2: still legally acceptable; "the license is still valid"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  153 Moby Thesaurus words for "valid":
     absolute, acceptable, actionable, adducible, admissible,
     advantageous, applicable, armipotent, attestative, attested,
     attestive, auspicious, authentic, authoritative, authorized,
     based on, beneficial, benevolent, binding, bon, bonny, braw, bueno,
     capital, certain, circumstantial, cogent, commendable, competent,
     conclusive, confirmed, consistent, constitutional, convincing,
     corroborated, cumulative, damning, decisive, definitive,
     demonstrated, determinative, determined, documentary, documented,
     dynamic, effective, effectual, elegant, energetic, established,
     estimable, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, excellent, expedient,
     eye-witness, factual, fair, famous, favorable, final, fine,
     firsthand, forceful, forcible, founded on, good, goodly, grand,
     grounded on, healthy, hearsay, helpful, high-potency, high-powered,
     high-pressure, high-tension, implicit, in force, in power,
     incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, irrefutable,
     irresistible, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, kind, kosher,
     laudable, lawful, lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate,
     licit, logical, material, mighty, mighty in battle, nice, noble,
     nuncupative, operative, overwhelming, persuasive, pleasant, potent,
     powerful, prepotent, presumptive, probative, profitable, puissant,
     regal, reliable, rightful, royal, ruling, sanctioned, satisfactory,
     satisfying, self-consistent, significant, skillful, solid, sound,
     splendid, statutory, striking, strong, substantial, substantiated,
     sufficient, suggestive, sure, symptomatic, telling, useful,
     validated, verified, very good, vigorous, virtuous, vital, weighty,
     well-founded, well-grounded, within the law
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Valid
       
          A {dataflow} language.
       
          ["A List-Processing-Oriented Data Flow Machine Architecture",
          Makoto Amamiya et al, AFIPS NCC, June 1982, pp. 143-151].
       
          (1995-02-14)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  VALID. An act, deed, will, and the like, which has received all the 
  formalities required by law, is said to be valid or good in law.