Protest(v. i.)
- To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.
Protest(v. i.)
- To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes.
Protest(v. t.)
- To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty.
Protest(v. t.)
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
Protest(v.)
- A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament.
Protest(v.)
- A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting against all parties liable for any loss or damage by the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill, or by the nonpayment of the note, as the case may be.
Protest(v.)
- A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them.
Protest(v.)
- A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary.
Protestable
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Protestant(v.)
- One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.
Protestant(a.)
- Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
Protestantly(adv.)
- Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism.
Protestants
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Protestation(n.)
- The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent.
Protestation(n.)
- Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.
Protestations
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Protestator(n.)
- One who makes protestation; a protester.