To point out her reluctance to speak is no derogation of her abilities as a speaker. From LearnThat.org.
Any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Annapolis, so as to avoid Baltimore, but, to the reiterated complaint that this modified order too was in derogation of the rights of. From Wordnik.com. [The Secession of Virginia, and the American Civil War] Reference
But they will issue a formal "derogation" allowing Mugabe to attend the Paris summit on February 20-21, the diplomats said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The boring detail, however, is that the "derogation" on selling milk by the pint applies only to bottled deliveries to the doorstep. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
However, the previously secret papers show Mr Blair did order ministers to find ways to implement the "derogation" for Formula 1 after the meeting. From Wordnik.com. [TODAYonline] Reference
However the previously secret papers show that Mr Blair did order ministers to find ways to implement the "derogation" for Formula One after the meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Percent] Reference
I do not wish to say anything in derogation of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
In this was comprised the fourth and fifth derogation. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
But it is in no way a derogation of the Japanese relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President To News Organizations] Reference
How can we explain this derogation of political responsibility?. From Wordnik.com. [David McWilliams: America's 51st State] Reference
But after derogation from the EHCR that got canned by the Law Lords. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
We mean no derogation of San Francisco's restaurants when we say that. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference
The derogation of the body is ceaseless and it can happen to you at any point. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 23, 2003] Reference
His remarks were mostly in derogation of the committee by whom the measure was recommended. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
But the effect of his remark was a derogation of military service, McCain's military service. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2008] Reference
But the effect of his remarks was a derogation of military service, McCain's military service. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2008] Reference
We should not do something in derogation of the best interest of student participation in football. From Wordnik.com. [Board of Visitors minutes] Reference
But the bad management of the French farmers is no derogation from the just praise of its rich soil. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
The derogation must lie in the erroneous construction which a weak human creature puts upon the truth. From Wordnik.com. [An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges] Reference
ALBERT CAPOZZI, ANTHONY CAPOZZI'S FATHER: The shame that we went through, the derogation of all of that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2007] Reference
We recognize that there has to be some derogation of rights in our country in this unusual emergency time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2001] Reference
Ils vont me faire une derogation pour que je passe mes examens en juin a la place de fevrier etc etc etc. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
It is universally recognized as a jus cogens principle, a peremptory norm from which no derogation is permitted. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Porthenus, 'he added, with a frown in derogation of any tendency to give undue importance to her present position. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
What we are dealing with is a militarization of civilian police activities in derogation of the Posse Comitatus Act. From Wordnik.com. [Army sources say troops to be deployed to USA for election "terrorist" curbing] Reference
Two men will sit by each other's side, it may be for hours, in silence, and feel no derogation from good comradeship. From Wordnik.com. [Hetty's Strange History] Reference
For us to refuse the customary support and protection of such interests would be in derogation of the sovereignty of this Nation. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
International lawyers will doubtless insist that neither treaties nor international laws involve any derogation of sovereign powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Civilization] Reference
There is no denying, or hiding from Europe's publics, the fact that the derogation of national parliaments is a diminution of democracy. From Wordnik.com. [European Fudging] Reference
The fact that the people who are furious at this decision speak about non-Jews with race-based derogation proves that the Supreme Court's point. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
In view of the dangers of such a surplus, and in preference to its application to internal improvements in derogation of the rights and powers of the. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Saavedra, no longer president of Congress since the National Party took control, has backtracked and agreed to support the derogation of the contract. From Wordnik.com. [The Honduran Dam Controversy and Micheletti's Legacy] Reference
Later Congress believed it would be a derogation from its dignity to "practically reduce the value of its issues," as one member said, "by raising officers 'pay.". From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
What makes you assume that progressive bloggers are "liberals", whatever that term means when used (usually witlessly) as a charged, right wing term of derogation?. From Wordnik.com. [New Obama Ad Sketches His American Story] Reference
States that the high privilege of citizenship of the United States should not be held by fraud or in derogation of the laws and of the good name of every honest citizen. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
And the technique of disdain, derogation and dismissal isn't something you really want to cultivate when the media need content and thoughtful analysis now more than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Why Even Try The Imitation?] Reference
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