Noun
A taking.
The major premise of a syllogism.
Source: Webster's dictionary"Avignon Papacy" *Sumption, J., "Trial by Fire", Faber and Faber, 1999. Source: Internet
Charles sent a message through Pope John XXII to Edward, suggesting that he was willing to reverse the forfeiture of the lands if Edward ceded the Agenais and paid homage for the rest of the lands: Sumption, p.97. Source: Internet
Sumption (1990) p. 497 The power of Edward's army at Crécy lay in the massed use of the longbow : a powerful tall bow made primarily of yew. Source: Internet
Sumption (2009), p. 271. There was organised opposition to his measures and rioting in London; John of Gaunt's arms were reversed or defaced wherever they were displayed, and protestors pasted up lampoons on his supposedly dubious birth. Source: Internet
Jonathan Sumption, a former Supreme Court judge, offered praise on Monday for the work of many police forces but also expressed alarm at some overly zealous enforcement. Source: Internet
Society may have readily experienced that the ‘opacity, inconsistency and fudge’ of the political process, to use the words Lord Sumption favourably deploys to characterise its virtues, can carry with it grave dangers. Source: Internet