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Definition of Debars
1. debar [v] - See also: debar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Debars
Literary usage of Debars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty Years of Labor. 1859-1889: In which the History of the Attempts to by Terence Vincent Powderly (1889)
"... inn—Grand Secretary Litchman ou the rum seller— GMW Powderly makes a decision
which debars the rum seller —The relatives of saloon keepers excluded—The ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Husband and Wife by James Schouler (1882)
"Equity Doctrine; Informalities overlooked; Whether Fraud debars Wife. — Our courts
of equity will sometimes overlook informalities in order to give effect ..."
3. The Essence and the Ethics of Politics: Individual Messages to the Public by Silas Arthur Cook (1915)
"The Contentment that debars the Larger Service. Though the angel may be in the
most commonplace, it is fatal to be content with a small service when a ..."
4. The Weekly Reporter by David Sutherland, India High Court (Calcutta, India), Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1891)
"... and debars him from holding the " land any longer as the owner of it ;
the "ownership then becomes vested in the pur- " chaser, and his title is in this ..."