单词 | advice and consent |
释义 | > as lemmasadvice and consent (also assent) Phrases P1. to take advice: †(a) to ponder, deliberate (obsolete); (b) to take counsel, consult; to solicit the opinions of others. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §756 Dame Prudence..delyueride & took auys in hir self. 1428 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 8 (MED) Ye Mair and ye gude men sulde send certeyn men..to the archibisshopp..and take his consell and avys yar in. a1500 (?a1400) Firumbras (1935) l. 360 (MED) All that ther stotede [read stode] Anon tokyn her aduys. 1565 J. Stow Summarie Eng. Chrons. f. 92v The citizens..assembled them selues and tooke aduice diuers tymes what was best to be done. 1611 Bible (King James) Judges xix. 30 Consider of it, take aduise, and speake your mindes. View more context for this quotation 1666 J. Alleine Let. 7 July in Life (1672) 91 I am now taking advice for my health, and hope in some few Weeks to be restored to you. 1706 W. Winthrop Let. 25 Nov. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1892) 6th Ser. V. 150 Pray send a coppy of his deed, that I may take advice upon it. 1755 A. P. Goddard tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Italy VIII. xv. 151 Taking advice of many able Engineers, perfectly acquainted with the Course of the River. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 164/1 I took so ill that night, and felt such a loss o' appetite and lack of spirit the next day, that I was advised by a friend to take advice. 1893 L. A. Palmer in Proc. World's Congr. Deaf 170 A deaf person..will often find it well to take advice with business men..as to his business capacity and prospect of success. 1922 J. C. Smith Van Roon 171 Before parting with it..it will be wise, I think, to take advice. 1988 Oxf. Today 1 1/1 We took advice from groups of Oxonians in different parts of the country about topics that would interest them. 2006 Architects Jrnl. (Nexis) 26 Oct. They would be wise to consider taking advice as to whether works to the tree would be effective in abating a nuisance. P2. advice and consent (also assent). a. In various systems of government: approval by a legislative body, as a condition for enactment of a law or ratification of a decision by a head of state or executive authority.In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries used in or with reference to the language of treaties, decrees, etc.In the United States used esp. in reference to the Senate's right to veto or approve appointments and treaties proposed by the President; cf. quot. 1787 (now at Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution). ΚΠ 1425 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §34. m. 12 Sithe hit hathe liked oure soverein lord, by the avys and assent of the lordes spirituell and temporell, in hise parlement holden at Westm' þe laste day of Aprill [etc.]. 1463–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1463 §44. m. 33 By the advis and consent of the lordes spirituelx and temporelx, and of the comons of this reame, and in this present parlement assembled. 1563 Proclam Elizabeth I Rates & Taxations Winsour 1 Orders and Constitutions, taken and limited for..the Towne and Borowe of Newe Windesour..: By Rychard Galys, Maior there, and Justice of peace within the same, by the aduyce and consente of the Aldermen there. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 19 Bee it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons. 1787 Constit. United States Amer. iii. §ii. 17 The President..shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges..[etc.]. 1857 G. W. Cooke Law of Hustings & Poll Booths iv. 24 The writs issue in the following form..: whereas by the advice and assent of our council,..we have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden..[etc.]. 1878 Act (S. Austral.) 40 & 41 Vict. No. 80 1 Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province. 1953 J. Harris Advice & Consent of Senate i. 12 Members of the Senate defending senatorial confirmation have usually contended, that the phrase ‘advice and consent’ means more than a mere vote of approval or disapproval of the President's nominations. 2004 Act Eliz. II c. 21 1 Be it Enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled. b. U.S. attributive. Relating to or involving the right of a legislative body (esp. the U.S. Senate) to veto or approve decisions by an executive authority. ΚΠ 1915 New Republic 9 Jan. 172 At the time the Constitution was adopted the people were assured that the ‘advice and consent’ clause did not confer any power of choice on the Senators, but was simply a check upon possible executive abuse of power. 1955 ABA Jrnl. June 570/1 If the State of X should have had two Senators not of the party in power, then the ‘advice and consent’ provision of the Constitution generally ceases to have any effect. 1983 W. T. Gormley Politics Public Utility Regulation iii. 87 A final mechanism for legislative control is the advice and consent process. 1990 D. R. Eichenthal in J. Bellush & D. Netzer Urban Politics N.Y. Style iv. 87 The council also has limited advice and consent powers over certain mayoral appointees. 2002 Insight on News (Nexis) 18 Feb. 40 The Constitution gives the Senate, through its advice and consent responsibilities, a coequal role with the president in confirming lifetime appointments to the federal bench. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] wellc1300 fructuouslya1382 profitablya1382 wella1400 commodiously1420 at the best advice1433 fruitfullyc1450 fruituouslyc1450 behovably1512 profitable?c1525 availably1530 beneficially1531 advantageously1562 availfully1603 1433 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 95 (MED) Thet the seyd Bestall be solde be the vice of the paresshens ther, as for the most avice of the seyd chirche werkes. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 47 (MED) What ȝe xulde offre, fayn wold I se þat it were don at þe best avyse [rhyme sacryfice]. P4. ship of advice: a light fast boat of a type used to carry dispatches; a dispatch-boat. Similarly pinnace of advice, etc. Cf. Compounds 2. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1617 T. Spurway in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. v. iii. 615 The foure and twentieth of August, 1617. departed from Bantam an Holland ship of aduice directly for Holland. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. xxii. 237 A Pinnace of advice that brought the Kings Letters. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 114 The first Letter sent by a Bark of Advice, was dated the 19th of March, 1617. at Madrid. 1758 H. Doidge Let. 12 Sept. in E. Ives Voy. India (1773) ii. vii. 384 By this you will be better able to take your measures, than by waiting for a boat of advice from hence. 1837 R. Southey Lives Brit. Admirals IV. 49 The three best sailers of the fleet were appointed to run a-head, suspecting the Spaniards would have sent out some caravels of advice. 1898 J. S. Corbett Drake & Tudor Navy I. v. 161 They proved to be nothing worse than Sir Edward Horsey's vessel in company with a Spanish caravel of advice and a shallop which Ranse had taken. 1928 Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. 7 178 In the ship of advice which has now come here, they bring ginger, cinnamon, gold-dust, [etc.]. P5. letter of advice: (chiefly in commercial and legal contexts) a letter giving formal notification of something. Similarly note of advice.It was formerly common practice when dispatching a consignment of goods, or drawing a bill, to send a separate letter of advice. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > business or commercial letter letter of advice1622 business letter1766 mail order1867 forwarding-note1884 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. xvi. 114 If a Factor, by a Letter of aduice, or by an Inuoyce of commodities which the Merchant sendeth, doe make a short entrie into the Custome house. 1683 W. Lloyd in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camd.) 187 I desire that whensoever you send any thing for me you would be pleased to send your letter of advice by the Post. 1725 E. F. Haywood Injur'd Husband 214 The Banker..refus'd to pay her any [cash], saying, he had a Letter of Advice to the contrary. 1764 J. Collier Let. in Wks. Tim Bobbin (1819) 327 I had the news with your note of advice, for which I thank you. 1787 T. Jefferson Let. 2 July in Papers (1958) XV. 638 I will beg the favor of you to write me a letter of advice attested by Mr. Adams. 1902 Times 1 Jan. 12/6 The company should send a note of advice to the consignee notifying the proximate arrival of the goods. 1953 Rotarian May 50/2 Each member must file returns on his share of the allocated savings, whether these savings are in the form of cash, merchandise..letters of advice..or similar documents. 1989 Mod. Law Rev. 53 371 It is not unknown..for the Company Solicitor to publish a letter of advice to shareholders as an advertisement in the national press. 2003 Wynnum (Queensland) Herald (Nexis) 13 Aug. The original letter of advice had been returned with a ‘not known at this address’ notation. P6. Petition and Advice: see petition n. Phrases 3. < as lemmas |
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