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Definition of Inflicting
1. inflict [v] - See also: inflict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflicting
Literary usage of Inflicting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"Disregarding the injury which he was inflicting on the Russia Company, he maintained
that a British subject may with loyalty take service with any foreign ..."
2. American Constitutional Law by John Innes Clark Hare (1889)
"Laws inflicting on a Class Disfranchisement or Professional Disqualification.
— The Legislature may regulate the Evidence or the Procedure, provided they do ..."
3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"persons, under penalty of 500 livres, from inflicting torture on slaves of their
own authority." Also an " arret," "concerning the freedom of slaves." 1713. ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... etc.;" Lord Brougham com- amount of pain he was inflicting. ceiled manikin,"
and the political economist McCulloch as "an obscure and insolent lout" and ..."
5. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1915)
"Liability of Successor of Corporation inflicting Injury.—When land has been taken
for the public use in accordance with law, and the compensation remains ..."
6. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology by Henry Cadwalader Chapman (1892)
"Wounds—Medico-Legal Definition of Wounds—Comparison of Wounds with Weapon inflicting
Them and Clothes of Deceased—Incised, Contused, ..."
7. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"General Geary, reinforced by Wheaton's brigade, Sixth corps, maintained his
position, inflicting severe losses on the enemy. ..."
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