declinatory
UK/dɪˈklɪnətɹi/
declinatory adjective: containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
Adjective
declinatory (not comparable)
- Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
- […] that the prisoner should first be arraigned, and might either then claim his benefit of clergy, by way of declinatory plea, or after conviction by way of arresting judgment.1765, Sir William Blackstone, The Student's Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books, published 1865
- Declinatory exceptions do not tend to defeat the demand, but only to decline the jurisdiction of the judge before whom it is brought.1901, Henry Lastrapes Garland, editor, Code of Practice of Louisiana: With Annotations of Henry L. Garland
Noun
declinatory (plural declinatories)
- A declination or refusal.
- Synonym of declinator (“instrument for measuring declination”).
- Synonyms:
- declinator
Synonyms of declinatory
Forms of declinatory
| plural | declinatories |
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Origin of declinatory
From Latin declinatorius, from declinare: compare French déclinatoire.
Phrases with declinatory
Questions about declinatory
- What does declinatory mean?
- Declinatory means containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
- What part of speech is declinatory?
- Declinatory can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce declinatory?
- Declinatory is pronounced /dɪˈklɪnətɹi/ (UK).
Words near declinatory in the dictionary
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