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derogatory clauses

derogatory clauses is the plural of derogatory clause.

Meaning of derogatory clause

Noun

derogatory clause (plural derogatory clauses)

  1. A secret clause inserted into a testament and known by the testator alone, with a condition that no will made thereafter will be valid unless the same clause is inserted word for word (to guard against later wills extorted by violence, etc).

Questions about derogatory clauses

What is derogatory clauses the plural of?
Derogatory clauses is the plural of derogatory clause.

Words near derogatory clauses in the dictionary

  1. derogatorily
  2. derogatoriness
  3. derogators
  4. derogatory
  5. derogatory clause
  6. derogatory clauses
  7. deromanticise
  8. deromanticised
  9. deromanticises
  10. deromanticising
  11. deromanticize

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