eo nomine
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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
Here the "selection" generally, and the "selection" by authority are each provided for eo nomine.
From Minnesota and Dacotah by Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus)
If a Freeholder is exempt, eo nomine, it will be impossible to go on with the pressing service.
From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
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 legislation against betting eo nomine began in 1853.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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