单词 | revoker |
释义 | revokern. 1. A person who or thing which revokes something, esp. a legal document. ΚΠ 1720 W. Forbes Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1705–13 85 A Minor's extrajudicial Revocation, which perhaps never goes further than the Revoker's Cabinet. 1787 J. J. Powell Ess. Learning Powers 245 Wherever there was a power of revocation, the law gave the revoker a power to limit new uses. 1859 W. J. Fitzpatrick Friends, Foes, & Adventures Lady Morgan 81 The enemy of Civil and Religious Liberty, and the revoker of the edict of Nantes. 1889–90 Proc. Mus. Assoc. (1966) 89 Our use of the square b (♮) as a natural, as a revoker of flats and sharps, cannot be traced farther back than the end of the seventeenth century. 1905 Juridical Rev. 17 286 The communication is complete..of a revocation as against the revoker when put into a course of transmission to the person to whom it is made so as to be out of the power of the revoker. 1951 Law & Contemp. Probl. 16 24 The rightful rejector and the rightful revoker of acceptance are specifically given the same remedies and the same security interest in the unwanted goods. 1998 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. (Connecticut Weekly section) 11/1 The government investigator of broadcasting procedures and the revoker of licenses. 2. Cards. In bridge, whist, and similar games: a person who fails to follow suit when required to do so, in violation of the rules. Cf. revoke v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-player > other players hand1589 revoker1754 sitter-out1829 non-dealer1857 card reader1899 card counter1962 1754 R. Seymour Compl. Gamester (ed. 8) 140 The Adversaries may oblige the Revoker to play the highest or lowest Cards of the Suit led. 1829 E. M. Arnaud Epitome Whist 43 In this case..the revoker cannot be punished either upon the score of tricks or upon the score of the game. 1886 Field 13 Mar. 313 If the stand hand loses, the revoker does not receive anything. 1922 E. F. Benson Miss Mapp xi. 261 The right thing was for the revoker's partner to sulk and be sarcastic for at least twenty minutes. 1950 Times 5 July 8/6 The revoker pointed out that if he had been allowed to take a trick with the revoke card the declarer would have been four down. 2005 B. Rigal Card Games for Dummies (ed. 2) ix. 139 If they don't spot the revoke in time, the deal is canceled, and the revoker suffers a 10-point penalty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1720 |
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