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to defy the law

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  • Within the law —    First produced by William A. Brady as a vehicle for his wife, Grace George, Bayard Veiller s four act drama failed, but Holbrook Blinn convinced Veiller to rework the script. With a new production and cast led by Jane Cowl at the American Play …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • break the law — Synonyms and related words: breach the law, care naught for, circumvent the law, commit a crime, contravene, defy, disobey, disobey the law, disregard, disregard the law, flout, go counter to, ignore, infract, infringe, not conform, not heed, not …   Moby Thesaurus

  • The Demolished Man —   …   Wikipedia

  • defy — 01. Thousands of people in this country continue to [defy] the law by smoking marijuana. 02. Opponents of the prohibition against smoking say they plan to [defy] the ban in a mass smoking demonstration on Monday. 03. Each time he [defied] his… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • defy — de|fy [dıˈfaı] v past tense and past participle defied present participle defying third person singular defies [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: defier, from Latin fidere to trust ] 1.) to refuse to obey a law or rule, or refuse to do… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • The Speech of Polly Baker — (1747) is the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child. She had been convicted four times in the past for this same crime. Each time, she said, the full blame was placed on her shoulders but not the father… …   Wikipedia

  • The Books of Machabees —     The Books of Machabees     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Books of Machabees     The title of four books, of which the first and second only are regarded by the Church as canonical; the third and fourth, as Protestants (Protestantism) consider …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • The Song of the Vermonters, 1779 — is a poem by the American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 ndash; September 7, 1892) about the U.S. state of Vermont during its years of independence (1777–1791), sometimes called the Vermont Republic. [cite book |author=Van …   Wikipedia

  • The Brass Rail — is one of Toronto s most notable strip clubs. It is located on Yonge Street just south of Bloor. It is well known as a popular venue for celebrities, especially during the Toronto International Film Festival, which is based at the nearby luxury… …   Wikipedia

  • LAW AND MORALITY — In the Bible In the Pentateuch, legal and moral norms are not distinguished by any definitional criteria. The manner of presentation of both is via revelation – moral norms are not presented as wisdom but rather as prophetic revelation. Thus the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • defy */ — UK [dɪˈfaɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms defy : present tense I/you/we/they defy he/she/it defies present participle defying past tense defied past participle defied 1) to refuse to obey someone or something The commander defied a direct… …   English dictionary

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