perquisition

Example Sentences

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"What luck!" cried Elodie, when she heard the result of the perquisition.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

It was suggested at the Préfecture to-day that it would be well to make a perquisition, not only in Mrs. Pargeter's own house, but also in the houses of some of her intimates.

From The Uttermost Farthing by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

Which has occasioned Collins and myself to institute a perquisition whether the French ever have shown any kind of idea of the supernatural; and to decide this rather in the negative.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

The Council in its turn, striving to guarantee individual liberty, decreed that every arrest should be immediately notified to the delegate of Justice, and that no perquisition should be made without a regular warrant.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

When the day of perquisition came—the Germans believed their own eyes rather than the declarations of the natives—there were tears and gnashing of teeth.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle