Declinatory
//dɪˈklɪnətɹi// adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A declination or refusal. historical, obsolete
- 2 Synonym of declinator (“instrument for measuring declination”).
Adjective
- 1 Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence. historical, not-comparable, obsolete
"[…] that the prisoner should first be arraigned, and might either then claim his benefit of clergy, by way of declinatory plea, or after conviction by way of arresting judgment."
Example
More examples"[…] that the prisoner should first be arraigned, and might either then claim his benefit of clergy, by way of declinatory plea, or after conviction by way of arresting judgment."
Etymology
From Latin declinatorius, from declinare: compare French déclinatoire.
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