Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal, grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)

(law) a breach of contract sufficiently serious to destroy the contract / a breach of a treaty which releases other parties from any obligation under it

In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics. / To a significant degree.

An arrangement whereby only the mother has physical and legal custody of a child while the father has visitation rights.

plural of maternal death

(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear. / (intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.

plural of materiel

Any material considered crucial to national security concerns and military applications. Examples include natural resources, such as oil; alloys, such as steel, aluminum, and titanium; and composite materials, such as advanced plastics, polymers and ceramics.

Dealing with the same matter or subject. / (law) A canon of construction holding that the meaning of an ambiguous law can be determined in light of other statutes on the same subject matter.

Any engineered material composed of two radically different materials in a tightly bonded matrix and having properties significantly different from either constituent