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Definition of Controverted

Controverted
Controvert Con"tro*vert, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Controverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Controverting.] [See Controversy.] To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate. Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. --Macaulay.
Controvert
Controvert Con"tro*vert, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Controverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Controverting.] [See Controversy.] To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate. Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Controverted from wikipedia

- Act", which retroactively amended the laws governing the contesting of controverted elections, thus effectively gutting the ongoing actions. When the Union...
- The 1875 Ontario general election was the third general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 18, 1875, to elect the...
- Commons and Its Members — "Dominion Controverted Elections Act". Norman Ward, "Electoral Corruption and Controverted Elections", Canadian Journal of Economics...
- Thomas Henry (1892). "Agnosticism And Christianity". Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions. Macmillan. p. 364. Agnosticism And Christianity: Therefore...
- (Purpura 2001). According to ancient opinion (which, however, has been much controverted), Irnerius was the author of the epitome of the Novellae of Justinian...
- crime, while excluding "disputes between learned men upon particular controverted points" from the scope of criminal blasphemy. Looking to this precedent...
- voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. The Lords Chief Justices, judges, etc., had a contentious jurisdiction;...
- 1957 (Nielsen lost in the 1957 federal election, but the result was controverted and Nielsen won the resulting byelection) and remained an MP without...
- months that he was in office p****ed the Electoral Law of 1874 and the Controverted Elections Act. Dorion was appointed by John A. Macdonald to the parliamentary...
- court to stay an indictment for perjury as the indictment was found to controvert the respondent's earlier acquittal for murder. The court held that charging...