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effective

effective [LL] , a (phil.) w. ref. to effect produced by efficient cause. b effectively. ‘ab aliquo’ vel ‘ex aliquo’ est multipliciter: aut ordinaliter, ut ‘ex nocte fit dies’; aut materialiter, ut ‘ex ferro fit cultellus’; aut ~e, ut ‘ex patre fit filius’ Bacon Tert. 197; motus in celo diversi non proveniunt ex defectu sed ex efficiente causa et ideo non possunt esse nisi ex diversis causis ~e loquendo Peckham QA 34; quomodo igitur forent hec verba Christi in nobis ~e sacramenti altaris vel panis tam mirabiliter conversiva Wycl. Conf. 505; quilibet ‥ titulus beneficialis institutus est ~e et finaliter propter aliquod officium vel ministerium ecclesiasticum Paul. Angl. ASP 1535.  b omnis potestas regis referri debet ad bonum regni sui, quod ~e consistit in defencione ejusdem ab exterorum incursibus et in tuicione regnicolarum Fortescue LLA 37.

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