Definition of Line of duty

1. Noun. All that is normally required in some area of responsibility.

Generic synonyms: Duty, Obligation, Responsibility

Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Of Duty

line of Gennari
line of Kaes
line of Saturn
line of battle
line of beauty
line of best fit
line of business
line of centers
line of credit
line of defence
line of defense
line of demarcation
line of descent
line of destiny
line of dip
line of duty (current term)
line of fate
line of fire
line of fixation
line of flight
line of force
line of gab
line of heart
line of inquiry
line of latitude
line of least resistance
line of life
line of longitude
line of march
line of merchandise

Literary usage of Line of duty

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

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"But it may be well to show more definitely what the true line of duty is in regard to self. I shall, therefore, next consider cases where self-abnegation ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"But it may be well to show more definitely what the true line of duty is in regard to self, shall, therefore, next consider cases where self-abnegation ..."

3. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"Any departure from that line of duty on the part of an attorney is a palpable dereliction of duty. Now, may it please your honors, if Mr. McMaster was set ..."

4. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1856)
"I have already remarked on that, in the view of it as a definition of the phrase " line of duty." Apart from which is this consideration: Mr. Ewing does not ..."

5. The Veto Power: Its Origin, Development, and Function in the Government of by Edward Campbell Mason (1891)
"Injuries not received "in the line of duty." — The fourth and largest group of bills includes those granting compensation for injuries which had not been ..."

6. Manual for the Medical Department of the United States Navy by United States, Bureau of medicine and surgery, United States Navy. Medical Dept (1917)
"In all cases where the opinion not in line of duty is expressed a full statement ... In all cases where disability is Incurred in the line of duty and the ..."

7. Naval Courts and Boards by United States Navy Dept (1917)
"US, 79 Fed., 740), in order to support a finding of line of duty " the service must have been the cause of the disease [or injury} and not merely coincident ..."

8. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"He still remained an officer retired for incapacity which did not originate in the line of duty, but his pay was raised from that of an officer retired " on ..."

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