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Definition of Curtails
1. curtail [v] - See also: curtail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtails
Literary usage of Curtails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1886)
"He reconstructs the Senate, gives to it supreme legislative authority, restores
to it the judicia, and curtails the power of the tribunes. ..."
2. The Law of Unfair Competition and Trademarks: With Chapters on Good-will by Harry Dwight Nims (1917)
"The Law of Unfair Competition curtails Freedom of Trade, but only of Trading that
is Unfair.—The law of unfair competition might seem to have the effect of ..."
3. The Salzburgers and Their Descendants: Being the History of a Colony of by Philip A. Strobel (1855)
"... in other churches—Jesse Lee visits Ebenezer—Mr. Bergman curtails his labours—"
Bethel" church erected—Personal difficulty —Letter of Rev. ..."
4. Mrs. Jordan by James Boaden (1800)
"... Ailing- ham— Mrs. Jordan's Emma Harvey — The Author curtails "Falstaff's
Wedding," for R. Palmer— Hamlet the Dane, His Excesses — Death of James Aickin, ..."
5. Internal Relations of the Cities, Towns, Villages, Counties, and States of by Maurice A. Richter (1859)
"Self-government curtails Offices. — Paul: — Parties outside the Constitution.
— Platforms. — Logrolling. — Party should cease in Congress when sworn in. ..."
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