Definition of Governs

1. Verb. (third-person singular of govern) ¹

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Definition of Governs

1. govern [v] - See also: govern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Governs

governor's plum
governor's race
governor-general
governor general
governor plum
governorate
governorates
governors
governors-general
governors general
governorship
governorships
governour
governours
governourship
governs (current term)
govorn
govs
govt
govvy
gowan
gowaned
gowans
gowany
gowd
gowder
gowdest
gowdie
gowdnook
gowds

Literary usage of Governs

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

1. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"What Statute of Limitations governs.—The Statute of Limitations that governs federal courts in the particular district where the bankruptcy proceedings are ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Carriers: As Administered in the Courts of the by Robert Hutchinson, Jacob Scott Matthews, William Frederick Dickinson (1906)
"In actions against carriers of goods, same law governs whether the form of action is assumpsit or tort. 205. In actions for personal injuries against ..."

3. A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by Sir John Barnard Byles, George Sharswood (1883)
"403 CASES IN WHICH LEX Loci SOLU- TIONIS governs . . . 404 Foreign Indorsement of English Note 404 Time nf Payment . . . 404 Protest and Notice of Dishonor ..."

4. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Fred Eugene Rosbrook (1921)
"... of an offer of settlement, payment on such claim within the four months' period will constitute a voidable preference.58 (4) DATE OF CONTRACT governs. ..."

5. Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg (1875)
"THE LORD governs THE HELLS. 536. ... it is necessary that He who governs the one should also govern the other; for unless the same Lord restrained the ..."

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