Definition of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

1. Noun. United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935).

Exact synonyms: Holmes
Generic synonyms: Jurist, Legal Expert

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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (current term)
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Literary usage of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Jr. The Common Law. (1881, pp. 115-129, in part.) The distinctions between the functions of Court and jury does not come in question ..."

2. American Patriotic Prose, with Notes and Biographies by Augustus White Long (1917)
"WHY MEMORIAL DAY IS STILL KEPT OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. [From an address to a post of Union veterans at Keene, New Hampshire, on Memorial Day, 1884. ..."

3. Classified Models of Speech Composition: Ninety-five Complete Speeches by James Milton O'Neill (1921)
"§51 SPEECH AT BAR DINNER By Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (Speech of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, at a banquet in his honor given by the Suffolk Bar ..."

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