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Definition of Behoofs
1. behoof [n] - See also: behoof
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behoofs
Literary usage of Behoofs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt.: In Thirteen Parts by John Henry Thomas, John Farquhar Fraser, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Edward Coke (1826)
"... limited, mentioned, or should be directed, and unto none other use, uses,
behoofs, intents, or purposes, that is to say, of and in the aforesaid manor ..."
2. A Complete System of Pleading: Comprehending the Most Approved Precedents by John Wentworth, George Townesend, James Cornwall (1798)
"... to the ufes and behoofs in die faid plea in that behalf mentioned, and dut by
virtue and by force of die ..."
3. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"... that when they come to answere M. Doctor, they must needes say something that
hath been spoken. Compiled for the behoofs Sf overthrow of the Parsons, ..."
4. The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays by Richard Cumberland (1817)
"If love be folly, as the behoofs would prove, The man must lose his wits who
falls in lore; Deny him love, you doom the wretch to death. ..."
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