FromAnglo-Normanperemptorie,parentorie et al. (Modern Frenchpéremptoire), and its source,Latinperemptōrius(“deadly; precluding debate, decisive”), fromperimō(“destroy, thwart”), fromper-(“thorough”) +emō(“I obtain, buy”).
peremptory (comparativemoreperemptory,superlativemostperemptory)
- (law)Precludingdebate orexpostulation; notadmitting ofquestion orappeal
- Synonyms:positive,absolute,decisive,conclusive,final
1596, Francis Bacon,Maxims of the Law, section II:there is no reason but if any of the outlawries be indeed without error, but it should be aperemptory plea to the person in a writ of error, as well as in any other action.
- (law) (of a date or deadline) Absolutely requiring compliance or attendance; brooking no further delay; to proceed whether a party attends or not; final.
As this trial has now been postponed multiple times, there will be an adjournment to April 24,peremptory on the parties.
- Positive inopinion orjudgment; absolutelycertain,overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense);dogmatic.
2003, Andrew Marr,The Guardian,6 Jan 03:He marched under a placard reading "End Bossiness Now" but decided it was a little tooperemptory, not quite British, so changed the slogan on subsequent badges, to "End Bossiness Soon."
- (obsolete)Firmlydetermined,resolute;obstinate,stubborn.
- Accepting norefusal or disagreement;imperious,dictatorial.
1891,Oscar Wilde,The Soul of Man Under Socialism:Upon the other hand, there are a great many people who, having no private property of their own, and being always on the brink of sheer starvation, are compelled to do the work of beasts of burden, to do work that is quite uncongenial to them, and to which they are forced by theperemptory, unreasonable, degrading Tyranny of want.
1999 January 2, Anthony Howard,The Guardian, section 99:Though today (surveying that yellowing document) I shudder at theperemptory tone of the instructions I gave, Alastair - in that same volume in which I get chastised for my coverage of the Macmillan rally - was generous enough to remark that my memorandum became 'an office classic'.
law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
- Bulgarian:безапелационен (bg)(bezapelacionen),окончателен (bg)(okončatelen)
- Dutch:onverbiddelijk (nl),zonder verhaal,onherroepelijk (nl)
- Finnish:lopullinen (fi)
- French:irréfutable (fr),sans appel (fr),péremptoire (fr)
- German:unabweisbar (de),entschieden (de)
- Hebrew:חלוט (he)
- Italian:irrefutabile (it),inconfutabile (it)
- Polish:bezapelacyjny,kategoryczny (pl)
- Portuguese:irrefutável (pt)
- Russian:безапелляцио́нный (ru)(bezapelljaciónnyj),категори́чный (ru)(kategoríčnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:bespogovorno (sh)
- Spanish:irrefutable (es),irrebatible (es),inapelable (es)
- Ukrainian:безапеляційний (uk) m(bezapeljacijnyj),остаточний m(ostatočnyj)
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positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
(obsolete in English) firmly determined; obstinate
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peremptory (pluralperemptories)
- (law) Achallenge to the admission of ajuror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.
- 2015 June 18, Justice Alito,Davis v. Ayala, Case No. 13-1428:
- Each side was allowed 20peremptories, and the prosecution used 18 of its allotment.
