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Definition of Controverted
1. controvert [v] - See also: controvert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Controverted
Literary usage of Controverted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1830)
"The Law and Practice of Elections in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and nf the
Trial of controverted Elections, with an Appendix of Precedents, ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1828)
"controverted ELECTION LAWS.] Mr. Wynn said, that, in rising to move for leave to
bring in a bill to consolidate and amend the laws on the subject of ..."
3. Lex Parliamentaria Americana: Elements of the Law and Practice of by Luther Stearns Cushing (1874)
"OF controverted RETURNS AND ELECTIONS 142. Though, as we have just seen, persons
returned aie pro famed to be duly elected, at least, so far as to entitle ..."
4. Annual Register (1801)
"Motion for rendering Ле bill for the trial of controverted ... E utility'of the
late aft fpr JL the trial of controverted ..."
5. History of England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1858)
"A Bill to regulate the trial of controverted Elections was drawn up and brought
in by Mr. Grenville. That able statesman, though not yet fifty-eight years ..."
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