Legal Dictionary

threatened

Definition of threatened

Pronunciation

Verb

threatened

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of threaten.

Adjective

threatened (comparative more threatened, superlative most threatened)

  1. (ecology, of a plant or animal) at risk of becoming endangered in the near future

References:

  1. Wiktionary. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.



SHARE THIS PAGE

TOP LEGAL TERMS THIS WEEK
1.     lex situs
2.     lex causae
3.     landed property
4.     lex fori
5.     salacious
6.     common law
7.     lex patriae
8.     status quo
9.     ruling
10.     ownership