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How to use countermand in a sentence

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The other main problem concerning the contract between the issuer and the card-holder is that of countermand of payment.
As a collection of texts, Scripture is capable of holding both a point and its countermand.
However, we have seen that countermand must be explicit and generally given to the branch of the bank where the account is kept.
That was the air force's recommendation and the President obviously saw no reason to countermand it.
A servant is sent to try to countermand the order, but Lear enters with Cordelia in his arms.
It indicated that the countermanding, in order to get out of it, has to be unequivocal and the greatest countermand that one can offer.
The moment he detected any possible weaknesses in the statements of his envoys in Pakistan or elsewhere he was swift to countermand them.
Schumann is represented by his Romances, originally for oboe, published also for clarinet, despite the composer's express countermand.
In jurisdictions where a cheque can be backed by a guarantee card, there cannot be countermand.
Similarly the judge would have no right to complain of or countermand a lawful posting overseas of a ward who was in the armed forces.
In case of eventual countermand the seller is free either to require the offtake and the total payment of the order or to claim indemnity.
Only a court intervention could countermand Bloomberg's order.
In case of an operative countermand, all services rendered at both sides must be recompensed completely.
He has apparently called for support from all over the country to make a stand against the Americans, and the Premier is trying to countermand him.
Again, the pensions bosses protested, and a fresh regulation was issued that seemed to countermand the original.
The president demanded that the EC observer and state Chief Electoral Officer countermand the elections to stop the declaration of results tomorrow.
Even then, government is still able to countermand the decisions taken by the other actors.
Angry citizens are resorting to protests and referendums to countermand the decisions of a political class for which they have little respect.
And even if the courts were to countermand a proscription order, the damage done to the organisation during the period of proscription could be critical.
If the candidate who died was a candidate for a ward, the countermand and postponed election will apply only for that ward.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The haughty minister, unintimidated even by the menace of the tongs, ventured to countermand an order which the king had issued.
Of course you are going to countermand the order for the hat that, after all, you do not really need.
There is no power in France that can countermand the execution of a sentence of the law.
Washington received them courteously, but did not consent to countermand the march.
Marshall and Bradford yielded, and consented to countermand the order of rendezvous.
Desiree shook her head, and saw that she must countermand most of the orders.
It has not been made clear if George did countermand his own review board, which Kenneally acknowledged.
After Pearl Harbor, Ford even used his influence to countermand a federal warrant for Liebold's arrest.
Surely you don't wish me to countermand any order of yours to a servant?
I told thee my reasons for not going in search of a letter of countermand.
A wretched sort of love that, which one can order or countermand at will!
George neither spoke to nor looked at Legree, who did not countermand his orders, but stood, whistling, with an air of forced unconcern.
Fears of a countermand were said to have hastened their departure.
In 1974, he was finally persuaded to emerge still in uniform after his ageing former CO was flown in to countermand the orders he gave him 29 years earlier.
Countermand that order with the agency, Pitcher, and don't bring any more of 'em in here.
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