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prospective adjective abeyant, about to be, approaching, arranged, awaited, close at hand, coming, conceivable, considered, destined, earmarked, eventual, expectant, expected, foreseen, forthcoming, future, hoped for, imaginable, immediate, impending, in prospect, in store, in view, intended, likely, looked for, looming, on the horizon, planned, potential, preparing, projected, promised, scheduled, soon to be, soon to happen, subsequent, to be, to come, ultimate, upcoming Associated concepts: prospective contract, prospective liaailities, prospective relief, prospective rights Foreign phrases: Nova constitutio futuris formam immonere debet non praeteritis.A new law ought to affect the future, not what is past. Lex prospicit, non respicit. The law looks forward, not backward. See also: apparent, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, pending, presumptive, proximate LAW, PROSPECTIVE. One which provides for, and regulates the future acts of men, and does not interfere in any way with what has past. PROSPECTIVE. That which is applicable to the future; it is used in opposition to retrospective. To be just, a law ought always to be prospective. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 116. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| With Lynn Snyder-Mackler, PT, ScD, SCS, FAPTA, and Michael J Axe, MD, "A 10-Year Prospective Trial of a Patient Management Algorithm and Screening Examination for Highly Active Individuals with ACL Injury. Although several studies in patients with malignancy and nonperipherally inserted central venous catheters suggest that prophylactic anticoagulation with low-dose warfarin may reduce the incidence of DVT, (14,15) a more recent prospective trial of low-dose (1 mg) unmonitored warfarin therapy performed by Heaton and colleagues showed no reduction in the risk of thrombosis in cancer patients with central venous catheters. Clayton MI, Osborne JE, Rutherford D, Rivron RR A double-blind, randomized, prospective trial of a topical antiseptic versus a topical antibiotic in the treatment of otorrhoea. |
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