rejected

• Some trades employing women were rejected, as they failed to meet necessary requirements, while others were not chosen, as there was little chance in them to rise on account of men's trades intervening. —  The Making of a Trade School
• It was rejected, as in the previous year, by the Legislative Council. —  The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
• That the failure to appoint Dr. Ryerson was due to the fact that the Cabinet of Sir Charles Bagot--the Governor himself being unable to act--"rejected," as Dr. Ryerson himself stated, "the application of every Methodist candidate for office;" or, as Hon. Isaac Buchanan states: "Nothing prevented [Dr. Ryerson] being gladly offered the originating of an educational system for Upper Canada, but the most unworthy church prejudices of parties who had influence with the Government of the day 4. —  The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
• If it is rejected, the party which proposed it has secured its submission to the proper tribunal--it has been considered, and that party should, upon every principle of law or morality, acquiesce in the result Except in one of these three methods I know of no way in which a compromise can be made. —  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861
• If they are rejected, then these amendments may all be moved to the committee's report The PRESIDENT:--I have already decided that the substitute is open to amendment Mr. RANDOLPH:--Then I will appeal from the decision of the Chair The PRESIDENT:--I will state the ground of my decision. —  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861

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