pertinent
IPA: pˈɝtɪnɪnt
noun
- (law) A right that attaches to land, in Scots law.
adjective
- Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.
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Examples of "pertinent" in Sentences
- The first comment, for example, says in pertinent part:
- That controversy, like this one, turns on Article I, Section 5, which provides in pertinent part:
- Together with the genetic counselor, analyze the pedigree to obtain pertinent past medical records from appropriate “affected” members
- More realistic and pertinent is the realisation that what we do right now is determining the way our children and their offspring will live.
- Halsam's campaign manager has said the candidate will also release what he called pertinent information about his finances, but has not said when.
- An abbreviated version of entries made between 1977 and 1981, most of them never before revealed to the public, the book concentrates on themes that remain pertinent: Middle East peace, U.S.
- In the wake of protests from delinquent taxpayers about the depressing music that telephone callers to the Internal Revenue Service must endure when they are automatically placed on hold for forty-five minutes, the IRS has issued a statement, which reads, in pertinent part: There will be no changes made to our current telephone system configuration.
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