have relation to

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I answer that, To have relation to an act may belong to habit, both in regard to the nature of habit, and in regard to the subject in which the habit is.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

It has already been demonstrated that a conception, or any effort of the Understanding, cannot touch, or have relation to such topics.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

And usually it will be the case that a person's most striking physical attribute will have relation to some fact of his spirit, as in Stevenson's description Villon's sensual face hints of his sensual soul.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders

The learned serjeants who were counsel for the defendant, alleged that the forfeiture should have relation to the act done in the party's lifetime, which was the cause of his death.

From Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

That is have relation to the connexion of volition with effects.

From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip