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Definition of Contesting
1. contest [v] - See also: contest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contesting
Literary usage of Contesting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Victor Hugo Lane (1903)
"Statutory provision for contesting elections does not abrogate the remedy by quo
warranto. People a. Londoner, 13 Col. 303, 22 Pac. ..."
2. The Office of Surrogate, Surrogates, and Surrogates Courts, and Executors by Isaac Dayton (1861)
"(/) OF contesting THE ACCOUNT. Where the account is made out and verified in the
usual form, and the proper vouchers are produced in support of the same, ..."
3. A Manual of the Law of Wills: As Determined by the Leading Courts of England by Charles Fisk Beach, Edwin A. Pratt (1888)
"Conditions against contesting the will.—Conditions against contesting the will
are valid, whether annexed to bequests of realty or of personalty;1 ami ..."
4. The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Thirty by California, James Manford Kerr (1905)
"STATEMENT OF CAUSE OP contesting ELECTION. The person contesting such election
must, within twenty days after the certificate of election is issued, ..."
5. The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State by Henry Philip Farnham (1904)
"Method of contesting grant.— The proper method of contesting a grant of a ferry
franchise is to appear before the court having authority to grant it, ..."
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