Courts

Examples

• Foreign policy is the natural employment of courts and monarchies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It had its own law courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The patent was infringed and assailed, but finally sustained by the highest courts of England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A struggle then began in the courts, which on October 4, 1892, terminated in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals (Edison Electric Light Company vs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As the pirates swooped closer toward the ground, thern soldiery poured from the temples into the gardens and courts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The courts and gardens are filled with slaves, with women and with children. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I had been hitherto, all my life, a stranger to courts, for which I was unqualified by the meanness of my condition. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• With federal, state, and municipal authorities in existence, with courts, district attorneys, police all operating, they create another arm of prosecution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Bell's patent was not sustained by the courts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The courts abroad have considered his patents in a liberal spirit and given him his due; the decisions in this country have fallen wide of the mark. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• At all the courts and universities the telescopes were received with the greatest enthusiasm, and put to instant use in the hope of discovering new stars. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Straight to the top of the cliffs, Prince, she replied, and then through the gardens to the inner courts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In such cases, therefore, the remedy of the courts of law was sufficient. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We walked through some narrow courts, for which Mr. George apologized, and soon came to the shooting gallery, the door of which was closed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There are fewer abroad in the courts and gardens, though, said Thuvia. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Bar fell into discussion with Horse Guards concerning courts-martial. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They submitted willingly to the government of the crown, and paid in their courts obedience to acts of Parliament. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But this process of light and thought was leaving courts and the political life of the world untouched. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The battle was fought through the lower courts, through the Supreme Court, and in Congress. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Edison's claims were strenuously and stubbornly contested throughout a series of intense legal conflicts that raged in the courts for a great many years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The courts are all shut up; the public offices lie in a hot sleep. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The best light of the day was gone when I passed along the quiet echoing courts behind the High Street. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The courts find nothing more difficult than to apply an abstract principle to all classes of cases that may arise. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Northern marshals became slave-catchers, and Northern courts had to contribute to the support and protection of the institution. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Led by several of the nobles, it made a clean sweep, in a series of resolutions, of serfdom, privileges, tax exemptions, tithes, feudal courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The courts of justice of their kings seldom intermeddled in it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This Lex Valeria was the Habeas Corpus of Rome, and it freed the Roman plebeians from the worst dangers of class vindictiveness in the law courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Upon this question the decisions of the courts of justice were not uniform, but varied with the authority of government, and the humours of the times. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• How was it affecting the mentality of the courts and kings that directed the formal affairs of mankind? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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