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Definition of Avoids
1. avoid [v] - See also: avoid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avoids
Literary usage of Avoids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Digest of the Law of Property in Land by Stephen Martin Leake (1874)
"condition avoids A condition avoids the estate to which it is annexed, ...
avoids estates in remainder. But the right of action remains on covenants in a ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance in All Its Branches: Especially Fire by George Richards (1909)
"335 (breach as to building avoids as to contents also); Southern F. Ins. Co. v.
Knight, 111 Ga. 622, 36 SE 821 (breach as to stock avoids as to building ..."
3. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"A false warranty avoids the policy, as being a breach of the condition upon which
the contract is to take effect ; and the insurer is not liable for any ..."
4. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1871)
"And a recent article in " Cosmos" claims for it the following advantages : " The
electro-thermic cautery suppresses all pain after the operation ; avoids ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, William Ripley Nichols, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1871)
"... all pain after the operation; avoids loss of blood; prevents the retention
and alteration of the liquids; avoids all putrid and purulent infections; ..."
6. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"... but he is confined in prison—The Duke uf Bouillon artfully avoids coming to
court—The courtiers endeavour to raise suspicions in Henry against ..."
7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"... of a determined faultfinder, who studiously avoids allowing to the book one
particle of merit except the beauty of the volume. ..."
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