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Definition of Missives
1. missive [n] - See also: missive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Missives
Literary usage of Missives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Digest of the Scottish Law of Conveyancing: Heritable Rights by John Craigie (1887)
"missives OF SALE ; MINUTE OF SALE ; ARTICLES OF ROUP ; DISPOSITION ... If in a
sale of land missives—an missives of offer and an acceptance—are used, ..."
2. Treatise on the Deeds and Forms Used in the Constitution, Transmission, and by Alexander Duff (1838)
"But with respect to missives, it may be observed generally, that when a written
... When missives are employed, they ought, on both sides, to be holograph, ..."
3. A Manual of Conveyancing: In the Form of Examinations Embracing Both by John Hendry, John Thompson Mowbray, John Philip Wood (1881)
"missives OP SALE, PROGRESS OP TITLES, SEARCHES OP INCUMBRANCES, ETC. 666. What are
the essentials of missives of sale 1 (1) The missives must be probative; ..."
4. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1914)
"... be otherwise found only by access to numerous bulky volumes. HENRY G. CROCKER.
Des Droits sur les Lettres missives. By Francois Geny. 2 vols. pp. xhi, ..."
5. Spanish Papers by Washington Irving (1895)
"Consternation of Spain—Conduct of the Conquerors —missives between Taric and Muza.
THE overthrow of King Roderick and his army on the banks of the Guadalete ..."
6. The History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut by Eben Edwards Beardsley (1868)
"Whereas missives have passed between the Board of Trustees and me, ... The "
missives " that passed between Dr. Smith and the Trustees were not, ..."
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