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Definition of Line of duty
1. Noun. All that is normally required in some area of responsibility.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Of Duty
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 ..."