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re·fer /ri-'fər/ vt re·ferred, re·fer·ring: to send or direct for treatment, aid, service, information, or decisionreferred the debtor to an attorney with expertise in bankruptcy; specif: commit (1c)
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(direct attention) verb
adduce, allude, appertain, apply, assign, bear upon, cite, concern, connect, connote, denote, hint at, indicate, mention, perstringere, pertain, point, quote, relate, signify, suggest, touch on
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(send for action) verb
ask help of, assign, call in, call on, consign, consult, deliver, entrust, recommend, referre, seek advice, send, submit, transfer
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appertain, apply (pertain), assign (transfer ownership), confer (consult), delegate, hint, pertain, quote, relegate, remit (submit for consideration), submit (give)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.(1) To direct attention or allude to something.(2) To send a matter to some other body; to send a case to a referee for investigation; to submit a contract to arbitration.n.reference
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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