Definition of Negatory

1. a. Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.

Definition of Negatory

1. Adjective. Negative, negating. ¹

2. Adverb. (military) No. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Negatory

1. expressing denial [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Negatory

negativist
negativistic
negativists
negativities
negativity
negativization
negativizations
negativize
negativized
negativizes
negativizing
negaton
negatons
negator
negators
negatory (current term)
negatron
negatrons
negawatt
negawatts
negentropic
negentropy
negers
negged
negging
negihama
neginot
neginoth
neglect

Literary usage of Negatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Argentine Civil Code (effective January 1st, 1871) Together with by Argentina, Phanor James Eder, Robert Joseph Kerr, Joseph Wheless (1917)
"Of the negatory Action. 2834 [2800]. A negatory action is that which lies in ... The negatory action lies in behalf of the possessors of immovables and of ..."

2. Digest, Canadian Case Law by Walter Edwin Lear (1920)
"negatory action — Servitude—Window—Lessee — Res inter alios—С. С. 536, 1023. ... 848 negatory action — Servitudes — Change in method of enforcing it ..."

3. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"17 negatory of common rights; see above, vol. ii. p. 142. 18 To compel receipt of homage. ... negatory of villeinage. 24 Claiming a right to tallage. ..."

4. The Principles of Judicial Proof: As Given by Logic, Psychology, and General by John Henry Wigmore (1913)
"A fact is to be classed as negatory or ... fact to prove another fact which is negatory of his guilt. 7. Sundries For clearness and quickness in studying ..."

5. The Institutes of Justinian by John Thomas Abdy, Bryan Walker (1876)
"... but rather have relation to what has gone before, viz. the statement that the possessor of a thing may be plaintiff 111 a negatory suit about a ..."

6. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"negatory, denying. As yet no gilt autograph inviten him, permits him; the few gilt autographs are all negatory, procrastinating. ..."

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