act in place of
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It also opposes the Texas law, in part because both “would set a dangerous legal precedent,” since both are designed to skirt judicial review by empowering citizens to act in place of government officials.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2022
The unscrupulous lawyer was to produce a power of attorney dated some days before, so that he might act in place of the brokers.
From The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor by Stratemeyer, Edward
The cords would act in place of springs.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
Sometimes he had been deputized to act in place of the regular scout master of the troop, when Lieutenant Denmead and Assistant Rawson chanced to be called away and could not serve.
From The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron by Shaler, Robert
This rule ought to be rigidly observed: Never cut straight across the activity of a child, but always substitute some other act in place of the one not desired.
From Parent and Child Volume III., Child Study and Training by Hall, Mosiah
