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Definition of Antedating
1. antedate [v] - See also: antedate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antedating
Literary usage of Antedating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"208-62), and practically compelled Prince George, the lord high admiral, to
promote Wishart, antedating his commission to 8 Jan., so аз to restore his ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"power to give effect to his acts as an officer of ibe Government is then at an
end, and no efficacy can be imparted by antedating them, even though the act ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"In an action for malpractice by a physician or surgeon, it is error to admit
evidence of a method of treatment, antedating the treatment ..."
4. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1906)
"The following' notes taken at that time are presented as antedating the work
carried on in that region subsequently by the United States Government. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... the first attempt at an Indian grammar by an Englishman and antedating Eliot's
Bible by at least a dozen years. (See PISCATAWAY INDIANS. ..."
6. Kinkaid on Irrigation Law of Colorado: The Law of Irrigation as Enunciated by Del Bresee Kinkaid, Colorado (1912)
"antedating constitution § 294. antedating legislation § 295. Before patent § 296.
... antedating constitution. Syl. "Rights acquired to the use of water for ..."
7. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use Both of the Courts by Francis Wharton (1871)
"(275) For forgery at common law in antedating a mortgage deed with interest, to
take place of a prior mortgage. (Analysis of Forgery, Coining, Uttering, ..."
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