English-Thai Dictionary

peremptory

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEREMPTORY

a.[L. peremptorius, from peremptus, taken away, killed. ] 1. Express; positive; absolute; decisive; authoritative; in a manner to preclude debate or expostulation. The orders of the commander are peremptory.
2. Positive in opinion or judgment. The genuine effect of sound learning is to make men less peremptory in their determinations.
3. Final; determinate.
4. Peremptory challenge, in law, a challenge or right of challenging jurors without showing cause.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEREMPTORY

Per "emp *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. peremptorius destructive, deadly, decisive, final: cf. F. péremptorie. See Perempt. ]

 

1. Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to get thither. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical. Be not too positive and peremptory. Bacon. Briefly, then, for we are peremptory. Shak.

 

3. Firmly determined; unawed. [Poetic ] Shak. Peremptory challenge (Law ) See under Challenge. -- Peremptory mandamus, a final and absolute mandamus. -- Peremptory plea, a plea by a defendant tending to impeach the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar.

 

Syn. -- Decisive; positive; absolute; authoritative; express; arbitrary; dogmatical.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

peremptory

per emp to ry |pəˈremptərē pəˈrɛm (p )t (ə )ri | ▶adjective (esp. of a person's manner or actions ) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way: “Just do it! ” came the peremptory reply. • Law not open to appeal or challenge; final: there has been no disobedience of a peremptory order of the court. DERIVATIVES per emp to ri ly |-tərəlē |adverb, per emp to ri ness |-rēnis |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a legal term ): via Anglo-Norman French from Latin peremptorius ‘deadly, decisive, ’ from perempt- ‘destroyed, cut off, ’ from the verb perimere, from per- ‘completely ’ + emere ‘take, buy. ’

 

peremptory challenge

per emp to ry chal lenge ▶noun Law a defendant's or lawyer's objection to a proposed juror, made without needing to give a reason.

 

Oxford Dictionary

peremptory

peremptory |pəˈrɛm (p )t (ə )ri, ˈpɛrɪm -| ▶adjective insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way: ‘Just do it! ’ came the peremptory reply. • Law not open to appeal or challenge; final: a peremptory order of the court. DERIVATIVES peremptorily adverb, peremptoriness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a legal term ): via Anglo-Norman French from Latin peremptorius ‘deadly, decisive ’, from perempt- ‘destroyed, cut off ’, from the verb perimere, from per- ‘completely ’ + emere ‘take, buy ’.

 

peremptory challenge

per |emp ¦tory chal |lenge ▶noun Law a defendant's or lawyer's objection to a proposed juror, made without needing to give a reason.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

peremptory

peremptory adjective 1 a peremptory reply: brusque, imperious, high-handed, brisk, abrupt, summary, commanding, dictatorial, autocratic, overbearing, dogmatic, arrogant, overweening, lordly, magisterial, authoritarian; emphatic, firm, insistent; informal bossy. 2 a peremptory order of the court: irreversible, binding, absolute, final, conclusive, decisive, definitive, categorical, irrefutable, incontrovertible; Law unappealable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

peremptory

peremptory adjective 1 ‘Just do it! ’ came the peremptory reply: brusque, imperious, high-handed, brisk, abrupt, summary, commanding, authoritative, overbearing, dogmatic, autocratic, dictatorial, bossy, domineering, arbitrary, arrogant, overweening, lordly, tyrannical, despotic, imperial, magisterial, authoritarian; emphatic, firm, insistent, imperative, positive. 2 a peremptory order of the court: incontrovertible, irreversible, binding, absolute, final, conclusive, decisive, definitive, categorical, irrefutable, unconditional, unchallengeable; Law unappealable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

peremptory

per emp to ry /pərém (p )t (ə )ri /形容詞 ｟かたく 非難して ｠1 〈態度 話し方などが 〉横柄な, 威圧的な .2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗有無をいわせない, 絶対の 〈命令 〉.per é mp to ri ly 副詞