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Definition of Noncontentious
1. Adjective. Of persons; not given to controversy.
Definition of Noncontentious
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to, that which is not contentious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noncontentious
Literary usage of Noncontentious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Germany by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1912)
"All the sections relating to noncontentious jurisdiction in the other codes ...
Notarial law bears a most intimate relation to noncontentious jurisdiction. ..."
2. Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Spain by Thomas Waverly Palmer (1915)
"Only in the voluntary or noncontentious jurisdiction are there special provisions
for ... Voluntary jurisdiction, which corresponds to the noncontentious ..."
3. The American Political Science Review (1920)
"... and small bills of a noncontentious kind indicate a realization by all concerned
that the legislative capacity of the parliamentary machine was entirely ..."
4. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1894)
"... because it is noncontentious doctrinally, and the doctrinal part is better
fitted for home, because, amongst other reasons, it is non- contentious ..."
5. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"... Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, and Turkey was equally noncontentious.
Until recent Greek actions indicating a possible denial of future base rights, ..."
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