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More "Rescind" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... opinion of the Trustees there is nothing in the present condition of the town of Uppingham which calls upon them to rescind their resolution of the 17th ult, yet, having regard to a memorial addressed to them by the whole body of the assistant- masters, they are willing, in compliance with the same, that the school shall remain at Borth during the ...
— Uppingham by the Sea - a Narrative of the Year at Borth • John Henry Skrine
... declaration by a notary that a note was not paid at maturity, or that any other monetary obligation was not met when due. RECEIVER. A person appointed by the Court to take charge of a firm or corporation on its dissolution, and to distribute its property according to law. RESCIND. To revoke, countermand or annul. RESOURCES. Every form of convertible asset. REVOCATION. The recall authority conferred on another. SALVAGE. The allowance made by law to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship ...
— Business Hints for Men and Women • Alfred Rochefort Calhoun
... fancied he was busily employed in obeying that command. Indulging this idea, she hoped that his glory would burst upon them with such unquestionable splendour, that every tongue would applaud, while she took her hero by the hand, and asked her father to rescind the injunction which forbade her to ...
— The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 - An Historical Novel • Jane West
... season, insisted that those rights should not be infringed, and that no action should be taken against their liberties. The Imperial Government cannot, of course, intervene in the sense of asking the Government of South Africa either to rescind an Act of Parliament or to amend an Act of Parliament, unless it is their own wish, but I must point out that Clauses 1, 4, and 5 do operate most harshly against the Native, and it might be possible, on the representation of the right hon. Gentleman, for the Prime ...
— Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since • Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
... notified that the committee by a vote of 17-0 has decided to rescind its order of January 18, 2214, directing the disposal of the permallium robots of Grismet. Instead, the committee directs that you remove from their confinement all the robots and put them in some safe place where they will be afforded reasonable ...
— The Stutterer • R.R. Merliss
... taken off others, a tax was to be imposed on members. It would be, to those who had much correspondence, at least L15 a year, at the reduced rate of a penny a letter. To the revenue the saving would be small, and he hoped the house would not consent to rescind that privilege. ...
— Cheap Postage • Joshua Leavitt
... this conclusion, I laid down, as a rule for my guidance, the principle of non-interference with the provisional State governments, and though many appeals were made to have me rescind rulings of the courts, or interpose to forestall some presupposed action to be taken by them, my invariable reply was that I would not take cognizance of such matters, except in cases of absolute necessity. ...
— The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete • General Philip Henry Sheridan
... ascendant, it was deemed not inconsistent with that condition to state explicitly that on her rescinding her orders in relation to the United States their trade would be opened with her, and remain shut to her enemy in case of his failure to rescind his decrees also. From France no answer has been received, nor any indication that the requisite change in her decrees is contemplated. The favorable reception of the proposition to Great Britain ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... none of these laws affected life or limb in the settlers. Their enactments were also required to be, in substance, consonant to the jurisprudence of England, and the King or the council in the mother-country was invested with absolute power at any time to rescind and make void the acts of the ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 • Various
... Chair is of opinion the resolution does not rescind or change any standing rule of the House. The question is on the adoption of ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various
... to rescind or suspend the clause restricting slavery were made, especially after Indiana Territory ...
— Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 • Joseph Warren Keifer
... busily employed in obeying that command. Indulging this idea, she hoped that his glory would burst upon them with such unquestionable splendour, that every tongue would applaud, while she took her hero by the hand, and asked her father to rescind the injunction which forbade her to ...
— The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 - An Historical Novel • Jane West
... decide in favour of war—race antagonism; the Athenians and her subjects were Ionians, whereas the Peloponnesians were mainly Dorians. The necessary vote for opening hostilities was secured; but first an ultimatum was presented. If Athens desired peace she must rescind the exclusion acts aimed at Megara. At the debate in the Athenian assembly Pericles, the virtual ruler, gave his reason for believing Athens would win; he urged a demand for the withdrawal of Spartan Alien Acts aimed at Athens and ...
— Authors of Greece • T. W. Lumb
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