Definition of "in respect of" []

• Regarding; concerning; pertaining to; with reference to. (preposition)
• On account of; by reason of; because of. (preposition)

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• "There are also several ‘amateur’ (in the sense that they are unfunded, but by no means in respect of the quality of their scholarship) research organizations, such as the Centre for Templar Studies and Research, run by Georges Kiess in Espéraza (Aude), which have put the academics to shame."
• "Even without belonging to an exempt congregation, the superior, if a priest, obtains without difficulty the faculty of giving his subjects dimissorial letters for ordinations; and if such faculty is granted him, then, in respect of the certificates to be delivered, the competent bishop etc., the rules are the same for congregations as for religious orders."
• "This was the only wail with which Mrs. Clare ever disturbed her husband's peace in respect of their sons."