Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.
   1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.

   2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.

   {Qualified fee} (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a
      qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the
      qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of
      the manor of Dale.

   {Qualified indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which modifies
      the liability of the indorser that would result from the
      general principles of law, but does not affect the
      negotiability of the instrument. --Story.

   {Qualified negative} (Legislation), a limited veto power, by
      which the chief executive in a constitutional government
      may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body,
      which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a
      reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a
      certain majority specified in the constitution, when they
      become laws without the approval of the executive.

   {Qualified property} (Law), that which depends on temporary
      possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in
      the case of a bailment.

   Syn: Competent; fit; adapted.

   Usage: {Qualified}, {Competent}. Competent is most commonly
          used with respect to native endowments and general
          ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;
          qualified with respect to specific acquirements and
          training.