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Definition of Relying
1. rely [v] - See also: rely
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relying
Literary usage of Relying
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 (1912)
"The appellant contends that the word "or" should be construed as "and," relying
upon •Goldsborough v. Washington, 70 SE 525; that Lula V. Miller must die ..."
2. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1899)
"He mnst be justified in relying on it. f 892. When he is or is not justified in
relying on it. | 893. Information or means of obtaining information ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In the convention which framed the Federal instrument after long and earnest
debate the words "humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God" were inserted ..."
4. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1830)
"... happily, at peace with all the world ; and relying upon the spirit of justice
which has always dictated our dealings with other nations, and continues ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... offered violence to Indian girls, and persecuted with incredible fury the
followers of Cortes. the colony, relying only on his spiritual prerogatives, ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"The creditor in that case, relying on the faith of the stock being fully paid,
might have insisted upon its full payment. But no such new indebtedness was ..."
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