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  • In this sense the history of property may be dated from the time when man, thousands of years ago, began to abandon his exclusive reliance on hunting and the gathering of wild fruit for the raising and use of do - mestic animals.

    PROPERTY WOLFGANG G. FRIEDMANN 1968

  • Despotism is a concept that has been used to de - scribe and compare polities, as a weapon in both do - mestic and international politics, and as an expression, usually although not invariably, in negative form, of an author's political preferences.

    DESPOTISM MELVIN RICHTER 1968

  • Despotism is a concept that has been used to de - scribe and compare polities, as a weapon in both do - mestic and international politics, and as an expression, usually although not invariably, in negative form, of an author's political preferences.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas 1925

  • Sincerely welcome do-mestic and overseas friends to do business with usand make a bright future.

    Offer stevioside 1919

  • But if he simply would get married, why couldn't he have taken a nice, sensible do mestic girl that would have kept him fed and mended?

    Miss Billy -- Married 1914

  • There was not at that time a single habitation, cultivated field, or herd of do mestic animals, between Corpus Christi and Matamoras.

    Chapter IV 1885

  • There was not at that time a single habitation, cultivated field, or herd of do mestic animals, between Corpus Christi and Matamoras.

    Personal Memoirs of U S Grant 01 Grant, Ulysses S 1885

  • I saw no such general exhibition of do mestic animals as you have at your fairs.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • I saw no such general exhibition of do mestic animals as you have at your fairs.

    Saunterings Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • And Australian holiday makers, wary of expensive over- seas trips, were happy to grab cheap do- mestic deals as they became more accustomed to online travel bookings.

    unknown title 2011

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