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Definition of Renunciations
1. renunciation [n] - See also: renunciation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renunciations
Literary usage of Renunciations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe by David Jayne Hill (1914)
"... of the same month were executed corresponding renunciations of the crown of
Spain by the Duke of Berry and the Duke of Orleans.2 These renunciations, ..."
2. A History of French Private Law by Jean Brissaud, Rapelje Howell (1912)
"renunciations of a Future Inheritance,4 which were proscribed by the Revolutionary
laws,5 contributed in our old » P. de Fontaines, 15. ..."
3. Lives of Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Ripperda, and Marquis of Pombal by George Moore (1814)
"These renunciations confirmed by oath,* taken before the assembled Cortez of
Spain, deposited in the archives of nations, forming part of the public law of ..."
4. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"... j0 another country, to renounce all claim to the crown, as a daughter who
marries a foreign prince. These renunciations, required or approved by the ..."
5. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1840)
"Dallas, in September 1818, of a date subsequent to the renunciations ... by the
discharges and renunciations executed by the posterior holders thereof, ..."
6. The Age of Anne by Edward Ellis Morris (1886)
"In such case renunciations are valueless; we know that France always regards them
as invalid. After all Marlborough's victories, the allies are wrong not to ..."
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