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Definition of Hand down
1. Verb. Passed on, as by inheritance. "This ring was handed down through many generations"
Definition of Hand down
1. Verb. To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. ¹
2. Verb. To deliver (the decision of a court, etc.) ¹
3. Verb. To forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court). ¹
4. Verb. (idiomatic) To donate (as second hand.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hand Down
Literary usage of Hand down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"... or to maintain our rights and liberties by force of arms, and hand down the
fuir inheritance to our posterity, by a brave and determined defence. ..."
2. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"hand down. An appellate court Is said to "hand down" Its decision In a case, when
the opinion Is prepared and filed for transmission to the court below. ..."
3. Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions by Peter Lund Simmonds (1852)
"Although there are now no new continents left to discover, our intrepid British
adventurers are but too eager to achieve the bubble reputation, to hand down ..."
4. Physical Education by Archibald Maclaren, Wallace Maclaren (1895)
"In descending, pass the right hand down to the next spar, pass the left hand down
to the next spar. Repeat. This exercise to be repeated with the right hand ..."
5. Telegraphy: A Detailed Exposition of the Telegraph System of the British by Thomas Ernest Herbert (1906)
"Principle of forked repeater. levers of auto-switches 2 and 3, the left-hand down
auto- relay in parallel through the down transmitting relays and the ..."
6. Young Folk's Entertainments, Comprising Many New and Novel Motion Songs by Emma Cecilia Rook (1914)
"Right foot forward, in front of the left, raise tambourine to erect position on
left shoulder by right hand, left hand down at side. ..."
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