5. (Law) (a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is
reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before. (b) A
proviso. Kent.
This term is often used in the same sense with exception, the technical
distinction being disregarded.
6. (Eccl.) (a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for
purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick. (b)
A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself
appointment to certain benefices.
Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to disclose, something
that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would
materially change its import.
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Re*serv"a*tive (r?-z?rv"?-t?v), a. Tending to reserve or keep; keeping;
reserving.
Re*serv"a*to*ry (-t?-r?), n. [LL. reservatorium,fr. L. resservare. See
Reserve, v. t., and cf. Reservior.] A place in which things are
reserved or kept. Woodward.
Re*serve" (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reserved. (z&?;rvd");p. pr. &
vb. n. Reserving.] [F. réserver, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re-
re- + servare to keep. See Serve.] 1. To keep back; to retain; not to
deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing."
Shak.
2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from
present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
xxvii. 35.
Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved
against the time of trouble?
Job xxxviii. 22,23.
Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.
Swift.