Definition of Contributory
Contributory
Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive.
One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.
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Contributory Quotations
If you talk to any of my Democratic colleagues who lost that year, they would tell that gun control was one of the major contributory factors in the loss of their seats.
John Dingell
Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.
Albert J. Nock
Napster's only alleged liability is for contributory or vicarious infringement. So when Napster's users engage in noncommercial sharing of music, is that activity copyright infringement? No.
David Boies
Contributory Translations
contributory in Swedish is bidragsgivande
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