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Definition of Abolishments
1. abolishment [n] - See also: abolishment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abolishments
Literary usage of Abolishments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Methodist Review (1878)
"Yet there have been many amendments, and many additions, and some abolishments.
The book is far better, both in letter and character, and as an embodiment ..."
2. The Law of Arrest in Civil and Criminal Actions by Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees (1915)
"... or in attempting to evade performance.4 Constitutional or statutory abolishments
of imprisonment for debt do not apply to tort actions,6 although the ..."
3. The American Woman Abroad by Blanche McManus (1911)
"Various abolishments came into operation, but certainly such things as existed
cannot be abolished, and so with some reasoning descendants put forth their ..."
4. Which College for the Boy?: Leading Types in American Education by John Corbin (1908)
"It is to the development of active home contests, and not to arbitrary abolishments,
which they have often attempted in vain, that the Faculty may look in ..."
5. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1888)
"By the various abolishments of accident and design, the exclusive authorities,
which ought to have been never granted as private rights to particular men, ..."
6. Tours in Upper India, and in Parts of the Himalaya Mountains; with Accounts by Edward Archer (1833)
"The duties are made complex and vexatious by the want of a simple system, which
should be adhered to. Orders, counter-orders, reductions, abolishments, ..."
7. Hearings Held Before the Committee on the Public Lands of the House of by United States Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands, Frank Wheeler Mondell (1910)
"They are eliminations, and not entire abolishments. Mr. TAYLOR. And we wish you
God speed. Mr. CRAVENS. Elimination is the same thing as abolishment in so ..."
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