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Definition of Nonaction
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonaction
Literary usage of Nonaction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1918)
"... consideration,15 as well as in other connections.16 Fault on the part of the
defendant is to be found in action or nonaction accompanied by knowledge, ..."
2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1911)
"D. Mere nonaction of Officers.—Although the doctrine of estoppel in pais may have
its application to municipal corporations, it cannot be based simply on ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"The effect is rather large to attribute to mere nonaction, but we need not make
further •345 comment upon it »because we think the decision of the Court of ..."
4. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States of by United States, William Mark McKinney, Thomas H. Calvert (1921)
"nonaction of Commission in matter purely ministerial. ... It is true that the
Commission held that, its nonaction was caused by the fact that the command of ..."
5. A Digest of International Law: As Embodied in Diplomatic Discussions by John Bassett Moore, Francis Wharton (1906)
"nonaction of foreign governments; rights and duties of their citizens. 7.
Mexico, § 65. Miramon government; question of blockade. Juarez and Maximilian. 8. ..."
6. History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United by John Bassett Moore (1898)
"Congress never confirmed the Herrera decree, but claimant contended that the
nonaction ... nonaction ..."
7. Hearings, Reports, Laws, Etc by United States Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors (1919)
"Then the nonaction of the city has cost the Government a good deal of money ?
... But it seems as though the primary cause of this was the nonaction of the ..."