eo nomine
Americanadverb
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But bockle and brownie are probably both foreign importations borrowed from books, though a ‘brownie’ eo nomine has been reported from Sennen within the last twenty years.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans
The art of cheating, ingannazione, seems to be at present the only one in Italy irrepresented, eo nomine, by a teacher.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various
Mr. Hastings declares that they were not seized for the purpose of extorting money, but that they were seized in order to be punished for their crimes, and, eo nomine, for this crime of rebellion.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
The first specific references to "subcommittees," eo nomine, are of date May 23, May 25, and June 27, 1638.
From British Committees, Commissions, and Councils of Trade and Plantations, 1622-1675 by Andrews, Charles M.
I do not know that there is a law in any State of the Union that eo nomine establishes slavery; I do not know.
From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)
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