Associations to the word «Peremptory»
Noun
- Juror
- Summons
- Jus
- Challenge
- Prosecutor
- Refusal
- Norm
- Tone
- Jury
- Swain
- Dismissal
- Gesture
- Defendant
- Foresight
- Writ
- Prosecution
- Absolute
- Knock
- Weld
- Rowland
- Fairness
- Manner
- Plea
- Mandate
- Sharp
- Demand
- Overlook
- Command
- Resentment
- Attorney
- Prohibition
- Knocking
- Clause
- Discrimination
- Treason
- Indignation
- Sophia
- Strike
- Hastings
- Counsel
- Order
- Menace
- Interruption
- Quick
- Denial
- Exclusion
- Justification
- Positive
- Halt
- Selection
- Ethnicity
- Objection
- Offence
- Whisper
- Necessity
- Instruction
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
PEREMPTORY, adjective. (legal) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. [from 15th c.]
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic. [from 16th c.]
PEREMPTORY, adjective. (obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn. [16th-18th c.]
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial. [from 17th c.]
PEREMPTORY, noun. (law) A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.
Dictionary definition
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner".
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands".
PEREMPTORY, adjective. Putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree".
Wise words
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.