provisionary

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These laws are based upon old Roman legislation, amended by ecclesiastical enactments brought hither by the Knights, and fortified by provisionary regulations issued by the several Grand Masters, and designed to meet special cases.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray

She had already taken that provisionary leap into a mythical future which is one of the perfunctory attitudes of maidenhood.

From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday

Mrs Fanshawe hitched herself into her corner, planted her feet more firmly on the provisionary footstool, and folded her hands on her knee.

From The Independence of Claire by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

My mother it appears declines rapidly: her death is even feared, and should it happen, I cannot pretend to insist on the obstacles which her maternal cares and provisionary fears have raised.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

"Fortunately for you, madame, you have never been driven to the necessity of admitting the utility of such provisionary measures."

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène