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Definition of Governed
1. Noun. The body of people who are citizens of a particular government. "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"
Definition of Governed
1. Verb. (past of ''govern'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Governed
1. govern [v] - See also: govern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Governed
Literary usage of Governed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"That the laws of New York governed the case. signment was to be governed by ...
That the rights of the parties must be governed by the law of the state of ..."
2. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"Stain of England, so null governed by a Queen as to need no first Minister.
The Character of such an one in some European Courts. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"He governed his diocese till his ... and then he received the impulse which, for
the rest of his life, governed his own course in his art. ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"... of any valid contract, but shall apply to and govern all such street railway
passenger traffic in the city, except where it is governed by contract. 4. ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"The business of the court Is to charge you such principles of law by which you
are to be governed In considering the case. In this case there are but one or ..."
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