What is the dictionary meaning of the term temporary?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Blackfalds (Town of) v. Stryker, 2000 ABQB 193 (CanLII):
Chan v. M.M. & I., [1978] 1 F.C. 217 (C.A.) referred to the following dictionary meanings of temporary at p. 220: In The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed) for example “temporary” is defined as “(1) lasting for a limited time”. [Emphasis added] ...The Living Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary defines it as: lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time ....
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