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Definition of Governs
1. govern [v] - See also: govern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Governs
Literary usage of Governs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"What Statute of Limitations governs.—The Statute of Limitations that governs
federal courts in the particular district where the bankruptcy proceedings are ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Carriers: As Administered in the Courts of the by Robert Hutchinson, Jacob Scott Matthews, William Frederick Dickinson (1906)
"In actions against carriers of goods, same law governs whether the form of action
is assumpsit or tort. 205. In actions for personal injuries against ..."
3. A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by Sir John Barnard Byles, George Sharswood (1883)
"403 CASES IN WHICH LEX Loci SOLU- TIONIS governs . . . 404 Foreign Indorsement
of English Note 404 Time nf Payment . . . 404 Protest and Notice of Dishonor ..."
4. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Fred Eugene Rosbrook (1921)
"... of an offer of settlement, payment on such claim within the four months' period
will constitute a voidable preference.58 (4) DATE OF CONTRACT governs. ..."
5. Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg (1875)
"THE LORD governs THE HELLS. 536. ... it is necessary that He who governs the one
should also govern the other; for unless the same Lord restrained the ..."
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