Result /(?)/

Re·sult

Result

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting

  1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.]
    The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.
  2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
  3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.
    Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.

Phrases & Compounds

Resulting trust
a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc.
Resulting use
a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it.

Result

n.
  1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.]
    Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.
  2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.
    If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
  3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
    Then of their session ended they bid cry With trumpet's regal sound the great result.