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Definition of Impugned
1. impugn [v] - See also: impugn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impugned
Literary usage of Impugned
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 (1913)
"... the title of the holder can only be impugned by showing direct knowledge of
the infirmity, or notice of such facts as would make the acquisition of the ..."
2. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1847)
"—Captain Underhill disfranchised.— Order for disarming the Majority of the Boston
Church. — Winthrop impugned; his Vindication. ..."
3. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"And yet this difficulty, though usually no farther considered, is not fully
cleared ; for they which impugned the perpetual virginity of the mother of our ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1845)
"... and other Members, and rejected by a large majority—Affairs of Canada—Administration
of Sir Charles Metcalfe impugned by motion of Mr. Roebuck—Defended ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by John Bayly Moore, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1827)
"... never been impugned by subsequent decisions, but confirmed rather than shaken,
we are of opinion that this rule must be END OF TRINITY TERM. Discharged. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... the title deed of the executor, without which his character cannot be recognised,
and with which it cannot in general be impugned, ..."
7. John Howard, and the Prison-world of Europe by William Hepworth Dixon (1850)
"—His Affection impugned.—Testimony of Or. Aikin.—Origin of the Slander.—His Boy
sent to School.—Local Trips.—His Health Breaking up.—Advised to go to Italy. ..."
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