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  • The parochial lawyer, or, Churchwarden and overseer's guide and assistant: Containing the statute law and the decisions of the ecclesiastical and law courts ... to the duties and powers of those officers by James Shaw

    The Lie of Law: Courts Bow to State's Raw Power 2010

  • Maybe they intend to run a better operation here than the Irishman Ohara did using Tara's overseer's?

    "These are not just regular costumes. These are the costumes that remind someone of the plantation in Gone with the Wind." Ann Althouse 2009

  • With the appearance of American forces in the area, the British ordered her to gather what belongings she wanted and move to her overseer's house nearby – a rough structure, covered with weather-boards, and only partially finished.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

  • It doesn't matter that the old overseer's boys, Pernie and LaRue Boyd are a jealous pain in his behind.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Adventure Awaits tanita davis 2008

  • It doesn't matter that the old overseer's boys, Pernie and LaRue Boyd are a jealous pain in his behind.

    Archive 2008-11-01 a. fortis 2008

  • That's how we keep the overseer's from enslaving us.

    At the Media Center 2006

  • "I had hoped to see the Dai-kvo myself," he said, and the overseer's expression changed to one of sympathy.

    A Shadow in Summer 2006

  • "It was within the traditional overseer's right to discipline anyone - including princesses - who wanted to spoil the important ceremony," Jim Gama, governor of the queen mother's residence, was quoted as saying Thursday in the Times of Swaziland newspaper.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • He and fellow assistant Mike O'Koren are given significant credit for New Jersey's consecutive Eastern Conference championships — often at the expense of Scott, who's criticized for taking an overseer's role similar to that of an NFL head coach.

    USATODAY.com - Finals appetizers 2003

  • He glanced at Haraket, but got no clues from the overseer's expression.

    Joust Lackey, Mercedes 2003

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