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Definition of Disobeying
1. disobey [v] - See also: disobey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disobeying
Literary usage of Disobeying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... and that every person disobeying such writ, so to be issued by the President,
shall be considered as in contempt of the Judicial Committee, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads: Containing a Consideration of the ...by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1922)
"Burden of proof where injury received while disobeying rule of employer.—An
employe injured while disobeying a rule of the company or an order of a superior ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... they contented themselves with disobeying the moral precepts, but they were
scrupulously attached to the speculative doctrines, of their religion. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"A purchaser may be committed for disobeying an Order to pay in bis money. that.
He has not made that demand; and I infer, that it was not his intention; ..."
5. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Lost Prestige — Little Robe and Little Raven — Two Tribes that are Firm
Friends — disobeying Spotted Tail's Orders — Fate of Deserting Warriors — Severe ..."
6. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"Dr. Day, Bishop of Chichester, to Secretary Cecil, for his liberty, having been
deprived and imprisoned for disobeying the King's command for substituting ..."
7. Negligence of Imposed Duties, Carriers of Passengers by Charles Andrew Ray (1893)
"disobeying Regulations. § 116. When will Preclude Recovery. § 117. ... disobeying
Regulations. The carrier, as has already been shown, has authority to make ..."
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