have relation to

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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

We are taught that there is neither good nor evil in the universe, otherwise than as the events to which we apply these epithets have relation to our own peculiar mode of being.

From Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer by Frederickson, Charles W.

In this state it may be said that the Spiritual Power was so far fallen from its original purpose, that it had almost ceased to have relation to the supernatural end of man.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

So far as possible, the speech of any character should have relation to that phase of his character which is significant in the story.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders

They have relation to our earthly point of view.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá