单词 | to put to issue |
释义 | > as lemmasto put to (also on, †upon) (an) issue c. Chiefly Law. to put to (also on, †upon) (an) issue and variants: to put forward a charge or indictment regarding (a matter); to bring (proceedings) to a point of decision. Also: to question or contest (something). [Compare Anglo-Norman mettre en issues to submit (something) for judgement on a point in dispute (late 14th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > be occupied with a topic [verb (intransitive)] > bring to the point to put to (also on, upon) (an) issue1600 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliii. 1165 The Censors refused not to have this matter put to an issue with all speed, and to be tried by the dome of the people. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. iv. 358 But in this case the whole affair is put to issue in this one particular, which I touch'd upon before. 1753 G. Horseman Notes & Observ. Fund. Laws Eng. i. 4 Otherwise it is of private Acts, which may be put upon Issue, and tried by the Record. 1783 Scots Mag. Dec. 638/1 Parties were never put on issue as to the question of fact below. 1830 Law Recorder 10 Apr. 204/1 They have amended their bill, from time to time, but nothing is put on issue, as to Goold's case. 1887 Rep. Patent, Design & Trade Mark Cases 8 Oct. 388 The Respondents put on issue the validity of the patent, and the novelty of the alleged invention. 1916 Rep. Appellate Courts Illinois 193 399 Dismissal of the bill of complaint before the plea has been put on issue and tried. 2004 C. F. Abel & A. J. Sementelli Evolutionary Crit. Theory & its Role in Public Affairs vii. 156 Disconnected, negatively critiquing individuals cannot put to issue or address any standard of community interest in our individualist discourse. < as lemmas |
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