Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER'EMP-TO-RY
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PER'EMP-TO-RY, a. [Fr. peremptoire; It. perentorio; L. peremptorius, from peremptus, taken away, killed.]
- Express; positive; absolute; decisive; authoritative; in a manner to preclude debate or expostulation. The orders of the commander are peremptory.
- Positive in opinion or judgment. The genuine effect of sound learning is to make men less peremptory in their determinations.
- Final; determinate.
- Peremptory challenge, in law, a challenge or right of challenging jurors without showing cause.
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