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abstain

abstain : to refrain from exercising federal jurisdiction over a case

in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the

resides or works with a view to compel him to abstain from doing or to do any act which he has

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is court or fulfil the obligation of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the

Contract, an agreement between competent parties, to do or to abstain from doing some act. For numerous other definitions, see Chalmers's

dealer from giving any consideration or reward to anyone for abstaining or having abstained from bidding, under penalty on summary conviction

reward to any person, whether a dealer or not, for abstaining or having abstained from bidding at an auction. Such an

the son of Rechab all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting

to print or publish or directly or indirectly proposes to abstain from or offers to prevent the printing or publishing of

1823 (4 Geo. 4, c. 48), 'to enable Courts to abstain from pronouncing sentence of death in certain capital felonies,' and

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