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Definition of Omissions
1. omission [n] - See also: omission
Lexicographical Neighbors of Omissions
Literary usage of Omissions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"The referee found that the contract in question had been substantially performed
by the plaintiff, yet he also found certain omissions and defects for which ..."
2. Lectures on jurisprudence or the philosophy of positive law by John Austin (1885)
"XXIV Forbearances, Omissions, or Acts, which are inconsistent with the remote
... The forbearances, omissions, or acts, together with such of their ..."
3. The Teaching of Latin and Greek in the Secondary School by Charles Edwin Bennett, George Prentiss Bristol (1903)
"Some classes will be able to read the first four books without any omissions,
while with others it may be best to omit some of the more difficult portions ..."
4. The History of the Worthies of England by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"Some seeming omissions will appear to be none, on better inquiry; ... Secondly,
I hope real omissions will neither be found many nor material. ..."
5. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"Willing not to do a thing must be distinguished from not willing to do a thing ;
forbearances must be distinguished from omissions. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States: To which is Appended by Francis Wharton (1875)
"I. Omissions. Killing by immoderate correction is manslaughter, § 166. § 72.
Omissions are not the basis of penal action, unless they constitute a defect in ..."
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