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Definition of Protestation
1. Noun. A formal and solemn declaration of objection. "The many protestations did not stay the execution"
2. Noun. A strong declaration of protest.
Definition of Protestation
1. n. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent.
Definition of Protestation
1. Noun. a formal solemn objection or other declaration ¹
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Definition of Protestation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protestation
Literary usage of Protestation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"After a long debate, these words were agreed upon, and offered May 3. to the
House for the protestation: 1S6. 'I AB do, in the presence of Almighty God, ..."
2. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1883)
"... to receive the protestation. By the dim candle-light in the gloom of that
December afternoon, the Commons—ready as they were, in the warmth of their ..."
3. Hand-book of Common-law Pleading by Benjamin Jonson Shipman (1895)
"Matters of law, therefore, or any other matters which are not fit subjects of
traverse, are not so admitted.171 protestation. 222. ..."
4. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen, Franklin Fiske Heard (1867)
"Sach being the only object and effect of the protestation, it will be understood
that it is wholly without avail, in Ike action in which it occurs; ..."
5. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"With the protestation, it is then intimated, his Majesty was justly offended;
... Among other things it is affirmed that the protestation, " made to whom ..."
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