There are no adequate provisions of law, if any at all, for conducting suits between individuals contesting private rights.
The jurisdiction of the courts as to contesting claims for patents has awaited the action of the General Land Office.
But the argument of JAMES goes too far; he is right in contesting the relation subject-object, but not in contesting the existence of the consciousness (W.
This was all that was done by the President, and Governor Chamberlain, without further contestinghis claim, abandoned it and left the state.
Young Gladstone found two opponents contestingwith him to represent Newark in Parliament, W.
The problem is seen and understood in realistic terms, rather than as a boogy-man in the night contesting for one's life.
Evelyn, in his Diary, speaks of West-countrymen in London contesting in London against men of the North, and in all cases the former were the victors.
Now the rightful heir was young John’s uncle, John Weekes of Blackhall, but he had mortally offended Mistress Weekes immediately on her widowhood, by contesting with her both the care of her children and the custody of the family deed-box.
The fact of the miscarriage is enough, and I haven't heard the prosecution contesting it.
The nature of the case demands it, since, as I said in my opening words, we are not contesting most of the circumstantial evidence.
The Sioux, like most savages, are great gamblers, and the first thing in the game is to put up the stakes, which is done in this way: A committee is appointed by each contesting party as stakeholders.
The autocrat would cut down a Republican majority by contesting votes and throw the matter into the hands of the legislature--that was the Republican prophecy and the Republican fear.
If we should really do something quite stunning, at the end of the flight we’ll submit results to the contesting committee of the governing organization at New York City.
Some of the contesting pilots could not sustain a protracted flight, some of the machines did not work smoothly.
Nearly all the contestingair craft had reported, and were in full view inside the roped off space near the starter’s box.
The Wylders and Brandons have always been contesting the right to these estates, and the same thing may arise again any day.
Then there is nothing to be got by contesting the will?
I was staying at Aylestone Court last year when the Honourable Billy Aylestone was contesting the family seat with a horrid Radical, and I assure you, my dear, I got quite excited.
Each contesting twelve elect a captain to superintend the game, and they choose umpires and toss for choice of goal.
The umpire shall also require that the game be recorded by a scorer for each of the contesting clubs.
The goals consist of flag-poles, with flags, the poles standing six feet above the ground, and six feet apart generally, but the distance is optional on mutual agreement by the captains of the contesting sides.
The umpire, before calling "play," should see that the captains of the contesting sides are mutually agreed upon what the rules of the ground are for the match.
No match game shall be postponed unless by the mutual consent of the contesting clubs.
Every match game shall be decided by the best two games out of three, unless a single game shall be mutually agreed upon by the contesting clubs; and all matches shall terminate before the close of the season.
In case of a tie at the close of the ninth innings, the game, unless by mutual consent, must be prolonged innings after innings, until one or other of the contesting sides obtains the most runs.
He had heard much in the corridors of the hotels where the air was vibrant with the discussion of contesting delegations, in which discussions many of the most prominent men of the state shared.
The contest with Mr. Watts was a notable one, the district was agitated as never before by the contesting aspirants, and Mr. Dowdell won by a narrow majority.
Mr. Ramsay Macdonald also objects to proportional representation because of the cost involved in contesting large areas.
In this belief the savages resisted the attack with terrible determination, contesting every inch of the ground which they believed to be sacred.
From one defensive point to another the various bands of white men were driven, fighting as they went, and contesting every inch of the assailants' advance.
Hence, soon after this last election, the representatives of both parties met together and formally agreed to unite in contesting the Municipal and Parliamentary elections.
In a public statement made at the end of the year at Bristol, in reply to some observations which had fallen from Professor Newman, Mr Bradlaugh remarked that in contesting the oath question in the law courts he had himself lost L1500.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contesting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: fighting; quarrelsome; striving; struggling; warlike; warring
