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Ad Hoc
/ˌæd ˈhɑk/
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What does Ad Hoc mean?
adjective
- For a particular purpose.
- Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.
- Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.
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adjective
- Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points.
adverb
- On the spur of the moment.
- For a particular purpose.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌæd ˈhɑk/
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To borrow a term from British politics, there is no objection to AD HOC organisations.
The only difference would be that their army or their police force would be ad hoc, instead of being permanent and professional.
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"I have heard great question made what the true exposition of this word balivus is. In the statute of Magna Carta, cap. 28, the letter of that statute is, nullus balivus de eaetero ponat aliqnem ad legem manifestam nec ad juramentum simplici loquela sua sine testibus fidelibus ad hoc inductis."
“Credidisti, quod quidam credere solent, ut illæ quæ a vulgo Parcæ vocantur, ipsæ, vel sint vel possint hoc facere quod creduntur, id est, dum aliquis homo nascitur, et tunc valeant illum designare ad hoc quod velint, ut quandocunque homo ille voluerit, in lupum transformari possit, quod vulgaris stultitia, werwolf vocat, aut in aliam aliquam figuram?”—Ap.
Where a Party requests consultations regarding the application of this Subchapter to a Party's sanitary or phytosanitary measure, and so notifies the Committee, the Committee may facilitate such consultations, if it does not consider the matter itself, by referring the matter for non-binding technical advice or recommendations to a working group, including an ad hoc working group, or to another forum.