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ADHERING. Cleaving to, or joining; as, adhering to the enemies of the United States.
     2. The constitution of the United States, art. 3, s 3, defines treason against the United States, to consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
     3. The fact that a citizen is cruising in an enemy's ship, with a design to capture or destroy American ships, would be an adhering to the enemies of the United States. 4 State Tr. 328 ; Salk. 634; 2 Gilb. Ev. by Lofft, 798.
     4. If war be actually levied, that is, a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable enterprise, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are leagued in the general conspiracy are to be considered as traitors. 4 Cranch. 126.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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In addition, we studied the kinetics of adhesion and performed ultrastructural studies by scanning electron microscopy of bacteria adhering to plastic.

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Adhering to PICMG 2.9 for IPMI system management, they provide advanced technology to create completely integrated solutions for enhanced capability and reliability.

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By means of a special nozzle system, most of the adhering salt is blown from the surface of the profiles into the salt bath below.

New heat treating method for the curing of rubber profiles. (Process Machinery)

It also says: "Adhering to the teaching of the Holy Scriptures, to the apostolic traditions, and to the consensus ...

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If you are having trouble adhering to a standard 3-drug regimen, talk to your doctor about taking 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) only.

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The flooring component has a top surface for being exposed after installation and a base surface, a pressure-sensitive adhesive carried on a foam tape applied and permanently adhered directly to the base surface of the flooring component for providing an attachment interface surface for adhering the flooring component to the subfloor, and a protective release cover applied and releasably adhered to the attachment interface surface of the adhesive to protect the adhesive until removal of the release cover when the flooring component is applied to the subfloor.

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Rather, assays by Pienta's team suggest, pectin fragments indeed thwart metastasis by preventing tumor cells from adhering to blood vessel walls.

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Adhering to these schedules can increase fuel efficiency and reduce repair and replacement costs.

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The second closing means and the second impact means are structured and dimensioned such that an adhering bond between them when the diaper is closed is only released by a force that is larger than an adhering bonding force between the first closing means and the first impact means.

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Effect of Sand Type on Lustrous Carbon Formation--Castings poured at 2500F (1371C) or below contained continuous films of lustrous carbon adhering to the casting surfaces upon shakeout.

Battling the elusive lustrous carbon defect

12 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Bedzyk and his colleagues used the technique to make the first quantitative, high-resolution measurements of the bond length, orientation, and location of pairs of gallium atoms adhering to a silicon surface.