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- noun Plural form of
mete . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mete .
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Examples
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But when summoned to be a nettoyeur of Augean stables, he metes out justice like a Hollywood vigilante.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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But when summoned to be a nettoyeur of Augean stables, he metes out justice like a Hollywood vigilante.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Copyright as property with metes and bounds, like a piece of land or a chattel with its own specific spatial boundaries.
Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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A prostitute with a heart of gold and a surprisingly nice flat takes granddaughterly pity on the hobo and gives him a chaste bed for the night – so when the bad guys get violent with her, the hobo gets a shotgun and metes out vengeance, making Insp Harry Callahan look like Relatively Clean Harry.
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Note the relationship between the idea that the statute sets out the metes and bounds of dilution and First Amendment constraints feared by the drafters of the FTDA and TDRA — common law causes of action that are broader than federal dilution may be unconstitutional.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Her character, Annie Bilson, will find herself on the wrong side of the law when she metes out her own form of justice.
First Look Video: Watch Erica Durance Kick Butt as Wonder Woman on Harry's Law 2012
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There will come a time when nature metes out such sustained and brutal punishment that even the most cynical deniers will have to acknowledge climate disruption is upon us.
William S. Becker: Chicken Littles Vindicated; Budget Hawks Don't Care: Part 1 William S. Becker 2011
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There will come a time when nature metes out such sustained and brutal punishment that even the most cynical deniers will have to acknowledge climate disruption is upon us.
William S. Becker: Chicken Littles Vindicated; Budget Hawks Don't Care: Part 1 William S. Becker 2011
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One of the superheroes picks the baddies off individually and metes out justice personally and with great violence.
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Copyright as property with metes and bounds, like a piece of land or a chattel with its own specific spatial boundaries.
WIPIP at Seton Hall part 4 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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