reservatives
reservatives is the plural of reservative.
Meaning of reservative
Noun
reservative (plural reservatives)
- An exception to a rule or decree; a proviso.
- And, according to this Reservative, in the 8th year of King Richard the Second, one charged before the Kings Bench, was afterwards referred to the Parliament; and there, though the Fact was not contained in the Body of the Statute, yet because of the Proviso afore-mentioned, it was adjudged Treason.1680, John Rushworth, The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Upon an Impeachment of High Treason, page 674
Questions about reservatives
- What is reservatives the plural of?
- Reservatives is the plural of reservative.
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