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Definition of Significations
1. signification [n] - See also: signification
Lexicographical Neighbors of Significations
Literary usage of Significations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law: Or, The by John Austin, Robert Campbell (1875)
"Taking the terms in these significations, all things are permanent, and no things
are ... But, taking the terms in other significations, things may be ..."
2. Elements of American Jurisprudence by William Callyhan Robinson (1900)
"Of the Different Significations of the Phrase "Common Law." "Common Law" is a
name of many significations. Its broadest sense is that in which it has ..."
3. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1855)
"Significations of the word "day."—10. Hours.—11. Their length in certain cases
variable.—12. Vulgar and equinoctial hours.—13. Commencement of the day with ..."
4. Principles of the Law of Personal Property, Chattels and Choses: Including by Frank Hall Childs (1914)
"Significations of Property. The word "property," in law, has two significations,
meaning, first, "something owned;" and, second, "ownership. ..."
5. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1855)
"Significations of the word "day."—10. Hours.—11. Their length in certain cases
variable.—12. Vulgar and equinoctial hours.—13. Commencement of the day with ..."
6. Primeval Man: An Examination of Some Recent Speculations by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1868)
"These great leading significations of the word Law all circle round the three
great questions which Science asks of Nature, the What, the How, and the Why:— ..."
7. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1871)
"These great leading significations of the word Law all circle round the three
great questions which Science asks of Nature, the What, the How, ..."
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