2. Verb. (third-person singular of third) ¹
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Definition of Thirds
1. third [n] - See also: third
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirds
Literary usage of Thirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"Early on Tuesday discussion on the adoption of the two-thirds rule began again
... The roll having been called, those in favor of adopting the two-thirds ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The two-thirds rule is best known through its adoption and political effect in
national conventions of the Democratic party held for the nomination of ..."
3. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1837)
"amendments to the said bill; two-thirds of all the members elected to the Senate
voting in favor thereof, as follows, to wit: FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE. ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"1795] The decrees of Fructidor two-thirds of the members of the present Convention
were to pass into the new Corps Législatif. This was agreed to without ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... or corporation,unless two thirds o* the qualified voters of such county, city,
or town, at a regular or special election, should assent thereto. ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"•But this Is not all, for the Journal of the» Senate contains further evidence
that the character of the two-thirds vote exacted by the Constitution (that ..."
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