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Definition of To that extent
1. Adverb. To the degree or extent that. "So far as it is reasonably practical he should practice restraint"
Lexicographical Neighbors of To That Extent
Literary usage of To that extent
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 (1913)
"The reasoning In the opinion went to that extent- Prior to the decision In that
case, It was generally held, both by state and federal courts, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the provisions of the Uniformity Acts have been gradually repealed and now
they apply only to the Established Church of England; but to that extent they ..."
3. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen, Franklin Fiske Heard (1867)
"... to the extent to which it is alleged, though it need not have been alleged to
that extent;—and such traverse will not be considered as too large. ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"must to that extent be reversed and annulled, and the cause remanded for further
proceedings to be had therein not in conflict with this opinion. ..."
5. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1858)
"The starch thus obtained, from a hitherto useless fruit, will take the place of
that now obtained from cereals and potatoes ; to that extent rendering so ..."
6. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1907)
"This being the law-nature, he who steals a single needle or a single blade of
grass is a thief to that extent. He who steals gold, silver, rice or other ..."
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