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Definition of Extend to

1. Verb. To extend as far as. "The chair must not touch the wall"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extend To

Literary usage of Extend to

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1892)
"It seems scarcely to admit of controversy, that the judiciary authority of the Union ought to extend to these several descriptions of cases: 1st, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"Order for liberty to let an infant's estate, without a reference to the Master: the property being small: but not to extend to building leases, ..."

3. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1888)
"It seems scarcely to admit of controversy, that the judiciary authority of the Union ought to extend to these several descriptions of cases: 1st, ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... and does not extend to and cannot be exercised in cases of maritime captures of vessels ami cargoes under the law of war, adjudicated under that law, ..."

5. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... may be altered from time to time, or be repealed; provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to banks or the incorporation thereof; ..."

6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"The former, which enjoy the distinction of being cited as ' The Reports," partly overlap those of Dyer and Plowden, and extend to the period when their ..."

7. The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1867)
"Those things, together with the person to whom they belong, are considered as being out of the country. {} 114. The But this exemption cannot extend to such ..."

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