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Definition of Mislaying
1. mislay [v] - See also: mislay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mislaying
Literary usage of Mislaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Negotiable Instruments: Including Bills of Exchange by John Warwick Daniel (1913)
"The loss or mislaying or destruction of a bill or note payable on a day certain,
so that, at its maturity, the holder is not able to deliver it up to the ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"mislaying OP OBJECTS It is probable that objects are never accidentally mislaid.
The underlying motive manifests itself in two ways, in the act of mislaying ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1911)
"mislaying OP OBJECTS It is probable that objects are never accidentally mislaid.
The underlying motive manifests itself in two ways, in the act of mislaying ..."
4. Papers on Psycho-analysis by Ernest Jones (1913)
"mislaying OF OBJECTS. It is probable that objects are never accidentally mislaid.
The underlying motive manifests itself in two ways—in the act of mislaying ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes, and Guaranties of Notes, and by Joseph Story, Charles Sumner (1851)
"... and some adopting an intermediate doctrine.2 But, whichever of these conflicting
doctrines be the true one, it seems clear, that the loss, mislaying, ..."
6. Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Several Courts of the United by Alexander James Dallas, Frederick Charles Brightly, United States Supreme Court (1906)
"That the mere cancelling of a later will, much less the mislaying or loss of a
later will, is not a revival of a former will: the cancelling may be done ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Jere Baxter, Tennessee Supreme Court (1878)
"Maupin and Wife et al. templates no loss or mislaying of the paper while in the
custody of the County Court or its officers, and makes no provision for ..."
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