2. Verb. (third-person singular of dissent) ¹
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Definition of Dissents
1. dissent [v] - See also: dissent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissents
Literary usage of Dissents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"Russell, J., dissents. Error from City Court of St Marys; DS Atkinson, Judge.
Action by JJ Lott against the Seaboard Air Line Railway. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"Mr. Justice Brown also dissents. Mr. Justice Harían, dissenting: By the final
judgment in the circuit court the bill in this case was dismissed for want of ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1840)
"Mr. O'Connell— Wesleyan Methodists—Mr. Gladstone—Number of dissents—State
Conscience—Petition of the Protestant Dissenters—Chancellor of the ..."
4. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... pass Mud Island—Jefferson dissents—Extracts from the two Papers—Was Jefferson's
scorching Reply merited—Difficulties of his Position—His Private Opinion ..."
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