a. Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. qualification. See Qualify. ] 1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this relation. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] (R. C. Ch.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale. --
Qualified indorsement (Law), an indorsement which modifies the liability of the indorser that would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument. Story. --
Qualified negative (Legislation), a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive. --
Qualified property (Law), that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Competent; fit; adapted. -- Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; qualified with respect to specific acquirements and training. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being qualified. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains. [ 1913 Webster ]