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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Valid \Val"id\, a. [F. valide, F. validus strong, from valere to be strong. See {Valiant}.] 1. Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obs.] ``Perhaps more valid arms . . . may serve to better us.'' --Milton. 2. Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as a valid argument; a valid objection. An answer that is open to no valid exception. --I. Taylor. 3. (Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind a valid claim or title; a valid marriage. Syn: Prevalent; available; efficacious; just good; weighty; sufficient; sound; well-grounded. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: valid adj 1: well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"; "a valid license" [ant: {invalid}] 2: still legally acceptable; "the license is still valid" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Valid A {dataflow} language. ["A List-Processing-Oriented Data Flow Machine Architecture", Makoto Amamiya et al AFIPS NCC, June 1982, pp 143-151]. (1995-02-14)
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