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Definition of For the time being
1. Adverb. Temporarily. "We'll stop for the time being"
Definition of For the time being
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) temporarily; until later ¹
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1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"The plea then stated, that since the acceptance of the charter of James I.
the mayor and aldermen for the time being, or the major part of them, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... and unlimited issue of its own bonds. the charter of their incorporation by
the (lovera or of the State for the time being, or by hie proxy or by ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Thomas Jones, Ireland High Court of Chancery, Edmond Digges La Touche (1848)
"And it was agreed, that the ~ * senior Master, for the time being, of the Court
of Queen's "• Bench, at Westminster, should, as soon as conveniently might ..."
4. The Anglican Episcopate and the American Colonies by Arthur Lyon Cross (1902)
"APPENDIX A. Master of the Rolls of our Chancery for the time being, and Robert
Eyre, Knight, our Chief Justice of Common Pleas, and to our Chief Justice of ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1842)
"... shall at all times be a suffi. cient discharge and sufficient discharges to
the said trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will, ..."
6. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... the duty of the Governor, for the time being, to make similar adjustment of
representation, and to declare the same by Proclamation, as aforesaid. SEC. ..."
7. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1894)
"... the said City for the time being is hereby impowered to take & administer
accordingly And that the Maior Recorder & Aldermen of the sd City for the time ..."
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