单词 | under protestation |
释义 | > as lemmasunder protestation P1. under protestation = under protest at protest n. Phrases.In early use also †by protestation, †with protestation (obsolete); see sense 2a. ΚΠ 1425 Rolls of Parl. VI. 267/2 Yat he myghte speke under protestation, to yat ende. 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 1490 I will..Telle ȝou now, vndir þis protestacioun, That I take upon me here no diuinacyoun As for to determyn who þis men schul hem clothe. 1576 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 577 Under protestatioun that thay na wayis grant the narrative..to be of veritie. 1586 in Juridical Rev. (1892) 4 296 Under protestation that it sall not be prejudiciall to their privileges. 1602 D. Lindsay Satyre 9 I speik Sir vnder protestatioun, That nane at me haif indignatioun. 1692 M. Howard in Duke of Norfolk's Charge & Dutchesses Answer 13 I Mary, Dutchess of Norfolk, under Protestation, that the pretendid Charge of Adultery against me in the Honourable House of Peers, was and is generally Insufficient, [etc.]. 1740 Ars Notariatus ii. 259 Where People are compelled..to pay Debts they think not just or not due, there is no Remedy but to pay under Protestation. 1776 J. Yair Acct. Sc. Trade in Netherlands 281 [Mr. Gordon] had the precaution to take his seat amongst them, under protestation, that this should not infringe his privileges, as a minister of the church of Scotland. 1824 W. Scott Ronan's Well II. iii. 56 All was done under protestation, that the matter in question was the most indifferent thing to him in the world. 1883 E. MacColl Eng. Poet. Wks. 74 A kiss—One which, of course, she'd sooner die Than give, yet giveth, ne'ertheless, Though under protestation grave 'T would be the last from her I'd have! 1904 Manitoba Morning Free Press 8 July In view of the fact that the work was being done under protestation, provincial Inspector Rogers..was instructed to make an inspection. 1948 Galveston (Texas) News 27 Nov. 4/5 Oscar Lange..represents Poland in the United Nations under protestation that he is doing so in an effort to act as a bridge between the United States and Russia. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Sept. (Sport section) 7 We had seen two villains exit stage right, led away, under protestation, by three burly security men. < as lemmas |
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