denunciationn.

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §13 Upon Denunciation and Publication thereof [sentence of excommunication] in the..Parish where the Party so excommunicate is dwelling.

1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. D.iv^v Finding this kinde of denunciation of warre, as a defiance.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 136 She is fast my wife, Saue that we doe the denunciation lacke Of outward Order. View more context for this quotation

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. ix. 480 This publique and reiterated denunciation of Bannes before matrimony.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 258 Why..a denunciation of war ought always to precede the actual commencement of hostilities.

1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) i. 8 Anxious to read in the countenance of my husband the denunciation of our fate.

1859 Sat. Rev. 7 29/1 A denunciation of coming hostilities.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rebellion, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 550 With denunciation of death if he did transgress and break the said law.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xxix. 292 That seuere denuntiation of our Sauiour for this vndiscreete anger..may humble vs continually.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews x. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 311 The Prophet..by the denunciation of miseries, weakened the alacrity of the multitude.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 195. ⁋6 Full of malignity and denunciations against a man whose name they had never heard.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 379 But if he still delayed his marriage, it was probably neither because he was frightened by her denunciations nor from alarm at the usual occurrence of an equinoctial storm.

1579 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §75 After their denuntiation of ony persones to the horne.

1592 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §138 In case onie denunciationes of Horninges, sall happen to be made at the said mercat Croce Edinburgh.

1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 141 That..ye..relax the said ——, —— and —— from the Process of Denounciation led against them.

1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 274/2 The consequences of denunciation, whether on account of civil or criminal matters, were formerly highly penal.

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xii. f. 53 I take a presentment to bee a meere denuntiation of the jurors themselves, or of some other officer without any other information.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 210 There are three ways of Proceeding in Criminal Causes, viz., by Accusation, Denunciation, and Inquisition.

1842 Mechanics' Mag. 36 6 Denunciation on denunciation has been fulminated from the press—and yet the companies have adhered..to their life-and-limb-destroying practices.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §5. 395 A hot denunciation of the Scottish claim.

1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 49 Sched. Art. xvi If one of the Signatory Powers denounce the Convention, such denunciation shall have effect only as regards that Power.