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Definition of Decisory
1. a. Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide.
Definition of Decisory
1. Adjective. Able to decide or determine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decisory
1. decisive [adj] - See also: decisive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decisory
Literary usage of Decisory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Code of Civil Procedure of Lower Canada: Together with the Amendments by Québec (Province)., Thomas Patrick Foran (1886)
"The decisory oath cannot be withdrawn after the party to whom it has been deferred
... If any authority to defer the decisory oath is filed by the attorney, ..."
2. Civil Code of Lower Canada by Québec (Province), William Prescott Sharp (1889)
"When a party to whom the decisory oath has been offered or referred has made his
declaration under it, the adverse party is not admitted to prove its ..."
3. The Civil Code of Lower Canada: Together with a Synopsis of Changes in the by McCord, Thomas, 1828-1886, Thomas McCord, Québec (Province) (1870)
"The decisory oath may be offered by cither of the parties to the other, in any
action in which ... He to whom the decisory oath is offered and who refuses ..."