have relation

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The learned serjeants who were counsel for the defendant, alleged that the forfeiture should have relation to the act done in the party's lifetime, which was the cause of his death.

From Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Professor Palmieri has not given any description in this Memoir of his seismograph—the instruments described being those only which have relation to atmospheric electricity.

From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi

As to the signification of this fabulous divinity, all are agreed that, by Apollo, the sun is understood in general, though several poetical fictions have relation only to the sun, and not to Apollo.

From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.

Its province is the outward deportment, as other virtues have relation to matters theological, others to society, and others to the mind itself.

From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry

That is have relation to the connexion of volition with effects.

From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip