Purport in United States
Purport Definition
In pleading. The substance of a vsrriting as it appears on the face of it to the eye that reads it. It differs from tenor (g. v.) 2 Russ. Crimes, 365; 1 East, 179 ; and therefore, where the instrument is stated according to its tenor, the purport of it must necessarily appear. 9 Yerg. (Tenn.) 394. To “purport” means “to intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify.” 39 111. App. 594.
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In pleading. The substance of a vsrriting as it appears on the face of it to the eye that reads it. It differs from tenor (g. v.) 2 Russ. Crimes, 365; 1 East, 179 ; and therefore, where the instrument is stated according to its tenor, the purport of it must necessarily appear. 9 Yerg. (Tenn.) 394. To “purport” means “to intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify.” 39 111. App. 594.
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Inequitable Conduct Defense Dismissed Where Defendants Did Not Even Purport To Identify An Allegedly Fraudulent Document Submitted To The PTO.(Patent and Trademark Office)(Zep Solar Inc.)(Lightway Green new Energy Company, LTD)(Brightway Global LLC), Mondaq Business Briefing; May 16, 2012
Better Business / Be wary of devices that purport to cut fuel use, emissions, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN); May 26, 2012; Randy Hutchinson
Video Purports To Show Attack On Venezuelan Opposition Candidate, St. Joseph News-Press; November 13, 2011; Anonymous
Video purports retirement of insurgent in Caucasus, International Herald Tribune; August 3, 2010; MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
Book purports to tell DSK’s side of rape charges, AP Online; December 1, 2011; JENNY BARCHFIELD
Don’t Purport to Bind Third Parties to Your Contract, Mondaq Business Briefing; July 22, 2013; Martorana, Vincent R.
POETRY, or what purports to […].(Features), Daily Mail (London); July 2, 2010
Photos purport to show Woods at rehab center, AP Online; January 21, 2010; CHRIS TALBOTT
photos purport to show woods at sex-addiction clinic in Mississippi.(Sports), The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); January 21, 2010
A STUDY that purports to […].(Features), Daily Mail (London); January 19, 2011
Leaked Documents Purport to Reveal Turkish Graft Allegations, Cyprus Mail (Cyprus); March 14, 2014
TONY BLAIR purports to be […]; BLACK DOG.(Editorial; Opinion, Columns), The Mail on Sunday (London, England); November 20, 2011
RIGHTS: VIDEO PURPORTS TO CONFIRM KILLINGS AT TANZANIAN GOLDMINE, Inter Press Service English News Wire; September 28, 2001; Danielle Knight
[ A documentary that purports to expose Wal-Mart’s anti-labor practices… ], Whittier Daily News; November 6, 2005; Jason Kosareff
FDA sets sights on products that purport to fight swine flu; Agency aims to curb online marketing of untested remedies, The Washington Post; October 27, 2009; Sandra G Boodman
Videotape describes bomb plot Guerrillas purport to show Mosul blast, International Herald Tribune; December 27, 2004; Richard A. Oppel Jr.
Female into-ition ; A new advice book purports to give women an edge when it comes to understanding the male of the species (as if they needed one)., Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME); February 14, 2005; Justin Ellis Staff writer
10things Enda Kenny Should Do Right Now ; the Dail Purports to Do a 21st Century Job but Shelters Behind 19th Century Privileges, The Irish Times; June 29, 2013
N.B.A. inquiry set for Clippers owner ; Audio recording purports to have Sterling making racially charged remarks, International New York Times; April 28, 2014; SCOTT CACCIOLA BILLY WITZ
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