Associations to the word «Peremptory»

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.

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".