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Definition of Obeying
1. obey [v] - See also: obey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obeying
Literary usage of Obeying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"Railway, 82 SC 549, 64 SE 604, the rule as to when a servant will be guilty of
contributory negligence In obeying an order of the master is thus stated: "To ..."
2. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy (1899)
"I 425. first, in obeying the law: Heard v. Stamford, per Lord Chancellor Talbot.
| 426. ... In obeying the Law. — This maxim in its Latin form, ..."
3. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"Characteristic Equation of a Thermometrie Substance obeying Boyle's Law. — If
the first system of thermometry 'be adopted, we measure equal changes of ..."
4. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"Characteristic Equation of a Thermometrie Substance obeying Boyle's Law. — If
the first system of thermometry be adopted, we measure equal changes of ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Being afterwards charged with not obeying these inj unctions, they were committed
to the Fleet, and on 31 Aug. sent to the Tower. ..."
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