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1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Dying vi. iii. 116 Sicknesse hath some degrees of eligibility, at least by an after-choice.

1688 J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love i. v. 57 Evill..must in order to eligibility be consider'd under the formality of good.

1733 J. Balguy Law of Truth 9 Concerning the Eligibility of this excellent Object, I have already observed, that it must and will speak for itself.

1782 R. Bage Mt. Henneth I. 255 You have now before you..every thing necessary to enable you to judge of the eligibility of an alliance with me.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. x. 215 She was debating within herself on the eligibility of beginning her story directly, or postponing it till Marianne were in stronger health.

1873 L. M. Alcott Work iv. 77 Christie heard some girls discussing the eligibility of several gentlemen, and Mr. Fletcher was considered the best match among them.

1924 S. P. Sherman My Dear Cornelia ii. i. 63 She inherits ‘eligibility’ from both her parents.

1988 R. Goodin Reasons for Welfare 324 Advocates of positive liberty would, however, go on to consider the relative ‘eligibility’ of the various options that are notionally available.

2001 D. Feuer in Granta Summer 178 A professional matchmaker..rated the community's eligible marriage partners in descending order of their eligibility.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iv. i. §1. 440 [God] hath set before us eligibilities in order to several ends which must either be wholly to no purpose, or..to evil purpose, or else..to a very good purpose.

1837 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders III. 81/2 There is no place in the neighbourhood of St Andrew's where a leisure hour may be spent more agreeably than among the ruins of the Cathedral. I was not slow in discovering the eligibilities of the spot.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. i. 146 These are his eligibilities, recommending him at Berlin.

1914 E. F. Benson Arundel (1915) iii. 56 He lived, furthermore, in a halfacre residence of his own, next door to Mrs. Hancock, and this she reckoned as a solid item among his eligibilities.

2011 M. Shetty Magic in Arranged Marriage 55 Here are some eligibilities..Appropriate Age Someone of the right age to get married.

1688 tr. King Louis XIV Memorial to Emperor of Germany 21 What has been done as well by the Imperial Ministers, as by those of the Elector Palatine, since the obtaining of the Breve of Eligibility, has been enough to tire the patience of his Majesty.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5387/1 The Imperial Ambassador solicited the Pope for a Brief of Eligibility to the Church of Munster.

1773 J. Noorthouck New Hist. London i. xxiii. 416 The great cause..between the city and the dissenters, concerning their eligibility and obligation to serve the office of sheriff, came on at Guildhall the 5th of July.

1812 W. Roffen Speech Middlesex Election in E. Burke Wks. V. 366 (note) The eligibility of persons to serve in Parliament.

1815 Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. 130 The eligibility to which [fellowships] is not subject to any..limitations.

1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) vii. 95 Without any restriction whatever upon eligibility, except the period of infancy.

1912 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 483 The indeterminate sentence, putting the burden of proof of eligibility for parole upon the prisoner, acts as a stimulus to the man eager to be again on the outside.

1972 Times 26 Apr. 15/1 The Government has been under pressure to extend eligibility for rent allowances.

2009 Presidential Stud. Q. 39 116 Eligibility for the presidency embodies the ideal of equality of opportunity.

1790 Church of Eng.-man's Answer to Protestant Dissenters 15 Under the Test men are debarred from the common Eligibilities of citizens.

1826 Examiner 20 Aug. 530/2 No religion compatible with general morality ought to incapacitate its votaries from equal rights and eligibilities.

1851 J. Sangster Rights & Duties of Prop. 126 In the primitive state..common rights were no doubt recognized, and equal eligibilities to possession manifestly and practically carried out.

1936 Ann. Rep. Dept. Railways Japan i. 130 Eligibilities are given to those having the following..qualifications: 1. Those who have remained in the service of the State Railways for at least two years. 2. And who are actually engaged in duty in the constituency concerned.

2000 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 7 Oct. a1 The option, besides an acquittal, of finding him guilty of first or second-degree murder, which both carry automatic sentences but different parole eligibilities.