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Definition of Complies
1. comply [v] - See also: comply
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complies
Literary usage of Complies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies of a Biographer by Sir Leslie Stephen (1902)
"Bagehot's greatest merit is that he perceives and complies with this necessary
condition of useful inquiry. He illustrates a maxim which he is fond of ..."
2. Men and Measures of Half a Century: Sketches and Commments by Hugh McCulloch (1900)
"... Means—Appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain—Performs his Duties
with Great Ability—flis Connection with a Mining Company—complies with the ..."
3. Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut by Isaac William Stuart (1859)
"He receives from Massachusetts an urgent demand for more troops—"with which he
complies. Hia connections "with the expedition to Ticonderoga and Crown Point ..."
4. A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers by James A. Mowris (1866)
"Curtis reluctantly complies with the fourth order to retire, when 1st Brigade
returns to the place of Debarkation.—A gloomy night for the command. ..."
5. Civil Procedure Reports: Containing Cases Under the Code of Civil Procedure by New York (State), Henry Huffman Browne, Courts, Rufus Leonard Scott, James Manford Kerr, Percival Soloman Menken (1896)
"Power of Court to extend time to answer until non-resident plaintiff complies
teith order for his examination—order binding while in force, ..."
6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1900)
"... but otherwise complies with the statute, and no objection is made for want of
verification, the petition must be dismissed.2 Decree Directing Payment. ..."
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