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Definition of Contravenes
1. contravene [v] - See also: contravene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contravenes
Literary usage of Contravenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay in a Course of Lectures on Abstracts of Title: To Facilitate the by Richard Preston (1819)
"And this is easily accounted for, since the rule frequently, and indeed generally,
contravenes the intention ; and it requires a large portion of ..."
2. Elements of the Law of Negotiable Contracts by Elias Finley Johnson (1898)
"Illegality of the contract, as where it contravenes (1) the statute, or (2) the
common law, or (3) public policy—such as usury, gaming or where notes or ..."
3. Charity and the Clergy: Being a Review by a Protestant Clergyman of the "New by Stephen Colwell (1853)
"It is certainly an inconsistency in any people professing to believe the Scriptures,
to tolerate any legislation which contravenes any Scripture principle. ..."
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