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CONTESTATION. The act by which two parties to an action claim the same right, or when one claims a right to a thing which the other denies; a controversy. Wolff, Dr. de la Nat. 762.
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AaAs-Safir newspaper, citing well-informed sources from the Constitutional Council, said Tuesday decisions concerning contestations will be announced Wednesday or Thursday.
June election challenges likely to be rejected by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
This information is totally false and baseless and I wish the news media not to delve into the issue of parliamentary contestations until the council issues decisions on these matters in order to preserve the credibility of the council.
Head of the constitutional Council denies news media reports on new ... by National News Agency Lebanon (NNA)
95 Paperback HD9019 From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, the Upper Huallaga Valley in Peru experienced an economic boom based on the illicit cocaine trade while simultaneously experiencing contestations for control between the Peruvian state and the Shining Path guerilla group.
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