refusal
81wilful refusal — A refusal that is both intentional and unreasonable. Vermilye v Postal Telegraph Cable Co. 205 Mass 598, 91 NE 904. A wife s continued and persistent refusal to have sexual intercourse with her husband unless he wore a contraceptive sheath does… …
82the right of first refusal — (the right of) first refusal : the right to accept or refuse something before it is offered to anyone else If we decide to sell the house, we ll give our tenants first refusal. [=we will offer to sell the house to our tenants before offering to… …
83first refusal — first re fusal n BrE have/give sb first refusal on sth to let someone decide whether to buy something before you offer to sell it to other people ▪ I ll let you have first refusal on the car …
84give (someone) the right of first refusal — give (someone) (the right of/to) first refusal to offer to sell someone something before you offer it to anyone else. I have given my existing publishers first refusal on my next book. (often + on) …
85give (someone) the right to first refusal — give (someone) (the right of/to) first refusal to offer to sell someone something before you offer it to anyone else. I have given my existing publishers first refusal on my next book. (often + on) …
86give (someone) first refusal — give (someone) (the right of/to) first refusal to offer to sell someone something before you offer it to anyone else. I have given my existing publishers first refusal on my next book. (often + on) …
87first refusal — noun have /give sb first refusal on sth BrE to let someone decide whether to buy something before you offer to sell it to other people: I ll let you have first refusal on the car …
88vexatious delay or refusal to pay — Term used in insurance statutes providing for penalties for insurer s conduct in unjustifiably refusing to pay insurance claims, e.g., a refusal to pay insurance claim, based on suspicion without substantial fact to support that suspicion, is… …
89To buy the refusal — Buy Buy (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought} (b[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying} (b[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted… …
90The Refusal — (Die Abweisung) is a short story by Franz Kafka. Written in the autumn of 1920, it was not published in Kafka s lifetime. The story involves the narration of a young boy living in a small town that is fairly distanced from its capital. The boy… …
