repugnancy

Upon this account, the Divine power is not said to extend to the working of any thing which implies a contradiction, and the terms whereof speak a repugnancy to one another, and mutually destroy one another, and the doing whereof is contrary to the nature of the thing which is supposed to be done; that is, is nonsense, and cannot be imagined to be.

The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 07. 1630-1694 1820

A judgment of "repugnancy" versus"divergence" depended on the skill of legal argument: "If the English empire and Englishness required transatlantic uniformity, then some nonuniform colonial laws would be judged repugnant.

Spagnola reviews Bilder, The Transatlantic Constitution Mary L. Dudziak 2009

The repugnancy of the law of Delaware is placed entirely on its repugnancy to the law to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, a power which has not been exceeded as to affect this question.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawsuits Against the Health Care Bill 2010

This uncertainty about where the line between divergence and repugnancy lay was the crux of the problem, and the dynamic thrill, artfully illustrated by the author.

Spagnola reviews Bilder, The Transatlantic Constitution Mary L. Dudziak 2009

In her new book, Bilder argues that the "repugnancy principle"controlled the legal structures between England and her colonies.

Spagnola reviews Bilder, The Transatlantic Constitution Mary L. Dudziak 2009

Your level of repugnancy never ceases to amaze me.

Obama Campaign Circulating Negative (And Ultimately False) Story About Bill Clinton 2009

In my lifetime, a period in which there has been radical changes in technology, I have not seen the sort of changes in attitudes that could support your position your reference about usury fails to take note of how much repugnancy has declined in the past three or four centuries.

What Makes Health Care Different?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Certainly, Bayle asserts that the value of faith is directly proportional with its repugnancy to reason.

This, About The Man I Met Out Here In Nearly Nowhere 2009

We are therefore of opinion that there is no repugnancy between the several acts of the general assembly of Maryland, given in evidence by the defendants at the trial of this cause, in the court of that State, and the Constitution of the United States.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Incorporation,” Originalism, and the Confrontation Clause: 2009

And its death was not due to the great tactics or machinations of the Bush administration, but due to its own crimes and callous repugnancy.

Sunday, January 18, 2009 As'ad 2009