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may v. a choice to act or not, or a promise of a possibility, as distinguished from "shall" which makes it imperative. 2) in statutes, and sometimes in contracts, the word "may" must be read in context to determine if it means an act is optional or mandatory, for it may be an imperative. The same careful analysis must be made of the word "shall." Non-lawyers tend to see the word "may" and think they have a choice or are excused from complying with some statutory provision or regulation. (See: shall) MAY. To be permitted; to be at liberty; to have the power.
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78) Plato, 1559, commendatory poem: "Regibus in toto maius nil nascitur orbe. In his Opus maius or Larger Work, as Durant notes, "he pleads for science as revealing the Creator in the creation, and as enabling Christians to convert heathens immune to Scripture. 2 (Guarino is speaking): "Quid mirum igitur, Feltrine, si in comparanda quoque bibliotheca--seu dici maius biblioplethi quod hic sermo verius ad librorum multitudinem superior autem ad eorum repositionem magis attineat--modus idem sit opportunus, ut ne libros plures tibi compares ac opus est, et ordo, ut alios aliis ad manum magis veluti praestantiores familiaresque magis habeas. |
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