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Definition of Controlment
1. n. The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.
Definition of Controlment
1. Noun. Control. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Controlment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Controlment
Literary usage of Controlment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of st. Peter by Robert Leighton (1849)
"... can both stop and turn the most impetuous torrent of the heart, be it even
the heart of a king, which will least endure any other controlment.3 Now, ..."
2. "Our Constitution.": An Epitome of Our Chief Laws and System of Government by Alexander Charles Ewald (1867)
"... Rolls" and " controlment Rolls." Plea Rolls. See " Coram Rege." Rules, Entries
of, 1589 to 1842. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS : Acknowledgment of Deeds by ..."
3. A Guide to the Principal Classes of Documents Preserved in the Public Record by Great Britain Public Record Office (1896)
"The controlment Rolls may be sub-divided into three portions, the first of which
is known as the Bag Roll, and contains Minutes of all Writs of Venire ..."
4. A History of Crime in England: Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the by Luke Owen Pike (1873)
"Common appeals, other than by approvers, are to be seen in such numbers on the
controlment Roll that it is unnecessary to give more than that general ..."
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