Protest
Pro`test´
v. i. | 1. | To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. |
| 2. | To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; - with against; as, he protest against your votes. |
v. t. | 1. | To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty. |
| 2. | To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to. |
n. | 1. | A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament. |
| 2. | (Law) A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting against all parties liable for any loss or damage by the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill, or by the nonpayment of the note, as the case may be. |
PROTEST, mar. law. A writing, attested by a justice of the peace or a
consul, drawn by the master of a vessel, stating the severity of a voyage by
which a ship has suffered, and showing it was not owing to the neglect or
misconduct of the master. Vide Marsh. Ins. 715, 716. See 1 Wash. C. R. 145;
Id. 238; Id. 408, n.; 1 Pet. C. R. 119; 1 Dall. 6; Id. 10; Id. 317; 2 Dall.
195; 3 Watts & Serg. 144; 3 Binn. 228, n.; 1 Yeates, 261.
PROTEST, legislation. A declaration made by one or more members of a
legislative body that they do not agree with some act or resolution of the
body; it is usual to add the reasons which the protestants have for such a
dissent.
PROTEST, contracts. A notarial act, made for want of payment of a promissory
note, or for want of acceptance or payment of a bill of exchange, by a
notary public, in which it is declared that all parties to such instruments
will be held responsible to the holder for all damages, exchanges,
reexchanges, &c.
2. There are two kinds of protest, namely, protest for non-acceptance,
and protest for non-payment. When a protest is made and notice of the non-
payment or non-acceptance given to the parties in proper time, they will be
held responsible. 3 Kent, Com. 63; Chit. on Bills, 278; 3 Pardes. n. 418 to
441; Merl. Repert. h.t.; COID. Dig. Merchant, F 8, 9, 10; Bac. Ab. Merchant,
&c. M 7.
3. There is also a species of protest, common in England, which is
called protest for better security. It may be made when a merchant who has
accepted a bill becomes insolvent, or is publicly reported to have failed in
his credit, or absents himself from change, before the bill he has accepted
becomes due, or when the holder has any just reason to suppose it will not
be paid; and on demand the acceptor refuses to give it. Notice of such
protest must, as in other cases, be sent by the first post. 1 Ld. Raym. 745;
Mar. 27.
4. In making the protest, three things are to be done: the noting;
demanding acceptance or payment or, as above, better security and drawing up
the protest. 1. The noting, (q.v.) is unknown to the law as distinguished
from the protest. 2. The demand, (q.v.) which must be made by a person
having authority to receive the money. 3. The drawing up of the protest,
which is a mere matter of form. Vide Acceptance; Bills of Exchange.
affirm,
affirmance,
affirmation,
allegation,
allege,
announce,
announcement,
annunciate,
annunciation,
argue,
assert,
assertion,
assever,
asseverate,
asseveration,
aver,
averment,
avouch,
avouchment,
avow,
avowal,
bad debt,
ban,
bashfulness,
be at cross-purposes,
beef,
beefing,
bellyache,
bellyaching,
bitch,
bitching,
blackball,
blackballing,
boggle,
boggling,
boycott,
break bounds,
break step,
call in question,
categorically reject,
combat,
combative reaction,
complain loudly,
complaining,
compunction,
conclusion,
confirm,
confront,
contend,
contend with,
contrariety,
counter,
counteract,
counteraction,
countervail,
counterwork,
creed,
cross,
cry out against,
declaration,
declare,
default,
defection,
defiance,
delinquence,
delinquency,
demonstrate,
demonstrate against,
demonstration,
demur,
demurral,
demurrer,
denial,
deny,
depose,
destructive criticism,
deviation,
dictum,
difficulty,
diffidence,
dim view,
disaccord,
disaccordance,
disallow,
disappointment,
disapprobation,
disapproval,
disapprove of,
disclaim,
disclaimer,
disconformity,
discontent,
discontentedness,
discontentment,
disenchantment,
disesteem,
disfavor,
disgruntlement,
dishonor,
dishonoring,
disillusion,
disillusionment,
displeasure,
dispute,
disrespect,
dissatisfaction,
dissent from,
dissentience,
distaste,
drop out,
enter a protest,
enunciate,
enunciation,
except,
exception,
exclude,
exclusion,
expostulate,
expostulation,
express,
face down,
face out,
face up to,
falter,
faltering,
faultfinding,
fight,
fractiousness,
front,
frown at,
frown down,
frown upon,
go against,
grievance,
grievance committee,
grimace at,
gripe,
griping,
groan,
groaning,
grouse,
grousing,
grumble,
grumbling,
have,
hesitance,
hesitancy,
hesitation,
hold,
holler,
howl,
inaccordance,
incongruity,
inconsistency,
indignation,
indignation meeting,
insist,
insist on,
inveigh against,
involuntarily,
ipse dixit,
issue a manifesto,
join the opposition,
kick,
kick against,
kicking,
lay down,
levant,
look askance at,
look black upon,
low estimation,
low opinion,
maintain,
make a stand,
make waves,
manifesto,
march,
meet head-on,
modesty,
murmuring,
negativism,
nonconcurrence,
nonconform,
nonconformance,
nonconformism,
noncooperation,
nondischarge of debts,
nonobservance,
nonpayment,
nonremittal,
nonviolent protest,
not abide,
not approve,
not comply,
not conform,
not go for,
not hear of,
not hold with,
not pay,
object to,
obstinacy,
offer resistance,
oppose,
opposure,
opt out,
originality,
ostracism,
ostracize,
passive resistance,
pause,
peeve,
peevishness,
pet peeve,
petulance,
picket,
picketing,
play at cross-purposes,
position,
position paper,
positive declaration,
predicate,
predication,
press objections,
proclaim,
proclamation,
profess,
profession,
pronounce,
pronouncement,
proposition,
protest demonstration,
protestation,
protested bill,
put,
put it,
qualm,
qualm of conscience,
qualmishness,
querulousness,
question,
raise a howl,
rally,
reaction,
rebuff,
recalcitrance,
recalcitrancy,
recalcitrate,
recalcitration,
recoil,
recusance,
recusancy,
refractoriness,
refuse to pay,
rejection,
reluct,
reluctance,
reluctantly,
remonstrance,
remonstration,
renitence,
renitency,
repellence,
repellency,
repudiate,
repudiation,
repulse,
repulsion,
resist,
resistance,
revolt,
rock the boat,
run against,
run counter to,
say,
say no to,
say-so,
saying,
scolding,
scruple,
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness,
set down,
show fight,
shrinking,
shyness,
sit in,
sit-in,
sniping,
speak,
speak out,
speak up,
squawk,
squawking,
stance,
stand,
stand at bay,
stand for,
stand on,
stand up against,
stand up to,
state,
statement,
stickling,
stop payment,
strike,
strive against,
submit,
take exception,
take exception to,
take issue with,
teach in,
teach-in,
think ill of,
think little of,
thumb down,
thumbs-down,
traverse,
uncollectible,
unconformity,
uncooperativeness,
under protest,
unhappiness,
unwillingly,
utterance,
view with disfavor,
vote against,
vouch,
welsh,
whining,
withstand,
withstanding,
word,
yapping,
yell bloody murder