Definition of Refusing

1. Verb. (present participle of refuse) ¹

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Definition of Refusing

1. refuse [v] - See also: refuse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refusing

refusal to treat
refusals
refuse
refuse-derived fuel
refuse collector
refuse disposal
refuse heap
refused
refusenik
refuseniks
refuser
refusers
refuses
refusest
refuseth
refusing (current term)
refusion
refusions
refusnik
refusniks
refut
refutabilities
refutability
refutable
refutably
refutal
refutals
refutation
refutations
refutatively

Literary usage of Refusing

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 (1921)
"Appeal and error e=>954(2)— Discretion In refusing to grant injunction pendente lite not reviewed. Where appellants failed to satisfy the Supreme Court that ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, William Draper Lewis (1902)
"For the law supposes the injury to be offered to him only, by obstructing or refusing the admission of his nominee; and not to the clerk, who hath no right ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"698, and In re Morrison, 147 US 33, 37 L. 67, 13 S. Ct. 25S, all refusing prohibition, where party had adequate remedy by appeal; State v. ..."

4. Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of by Henry Wilmot Seton, Cecil Clare Marston Dale, W. Clowes, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1893)
"NS 63, 67 ; 3 K. & J. 617; and a trustee's executrix refusing to act, ... A trustee refusing to concur as Pit to recover the trust property had no costs: ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"During the latter part of this year he was imprisoned for a few weeks for refusing to take the oath of abjuration. John Bunyan, in his ' Gospel Truths ..."

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