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Protest, a solemn declaration of opinion, generally of dissent. Each peer has a right, when he disapproves of the vote of the majority of the House of Lords, to enter his dissent on the Journals of the House, with his reasons for such dissent, which is usually styled his protest.Also a notification written by a notary upon a foreign bill of exchange of non-acceptance or non-payment; as to this, see Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 51, by which a foreign bill, dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment, must be duly protested, otherwise the drawer and indorsers are discharged. All protests made in England must, by the (English) Stamp Act, 1891 (see schedule), be stamped, otherwise they cannot be given in evidence without payment of a penalty.The following is a form of protest for non-payment:-On the .......... day of .........., at the request of A.B., bearer of the original bill of exchange, whereof a true copy is on the other side written, I [notary's name], of [address], notary publ...
Protestant
Protestant. This term does not occur in the Canons of 1603, or in the Thirty-nine Articles, or in the Acts of Uniformity, but appears in many statutes of later date, notably in the (English) Act of Settlement of 1700 (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), in which, by way of making further provision (in addition to that made by the Bill of Rights in 1688) 'for the succession of the Crown in the Protestant line,' the Crown was settled, in default of issue of Princess Anne of Denmark (afterwards Queen Anne) and William III., on the Princess Sophia and the heirs of her body, 'being Protestants'; it being added that 'whosoever shall hereafter come to the possession of this Crown shall join in communion with the Church of England as by law established.'The Bill of Rights (1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2), after reciting that 'it hath been found by experience that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protestant kingdom to be governed by a popish prince or by any king or queen marrying a papist,' d...
Supra protest
Supra protest, after 'protest' (se PROTEST). There may be either acceptance or payment of a bill of exchange by a person other than the drawee or acceptor or other person liable, after it has been protested for non-acceptance or non-payment. The full term is 'acceptance (or payment) supra protest for honour,' i.e., for the honour or in relief of the person liable. The rights and liabilities o the parties are regulated by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, ss. 65-68; and see Byles on Bills, chs. 20, 21....
protest
protest 1 : a solemn declaration of opinion and usually of disagreement: as a : a solemn written declaration by a notary public or U.S. consul on behalf of the holder of an instrument (as a note) announcing dishonor and declaring the liability of all parties to the instrument for any loss or damage arising from such action ;also : the action of making or causing to be made such a declaration with due service of notice of dishonor b : a declaration made by the master of a ship before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer upon arrival in port after a disaster declaring that any loss was not the fault of the crew but due to the disaster c : a declaration made by a party esp. before or while paying a tax or performing a demanded act by which the declarer asserts that the justice or legality of the tax or act is disputed and that compliance is not voluntary 2 : the act of objecting or a gesture of disapproval ;esp : a usually organized public demonstration of disapproval ...
Protestant
One who protests originally applied to those who adhered to Luther and protested against or made a solemn declaration of dissent from a decree of the Emperor Charles V and the Diet of Spires in 1529 against the Reformers and appealed to a general council now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church...
Protestator
One who makes protestation a protester...
bid protests
bid protests In Government Contracts Law, the General Accounting Office (GAO) forum for bidders and offerors who seek federal government contracts, and believe that a contract has been or is about to be awarded in violation of the laws and regulations that govern contracting with the federal government. Source: FindLaw ...
protestant
protestant : a person challenging an action of an administrative agency ...
Protestantly
Like a Protestant in conformity with Protestantism...
Protestation
The act of making a protest a public avowal a solemn declaration especially of dissent...
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