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Definition of Suppletory
1. n. That which is to supply what is wanted.
Definition of Suppletory
1. Noun. A source of supply. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suppletory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suppletory
Literary usage of Suppletory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1915)
"The suppletory oath.—At common law in most jurisdictions, where a party kept his
own books of account, since the books produced could not be shown to be the ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Indirect and Collateral Evidence by John Henry Gillett (1897)
"suppletory oath.—The preceding discussion has made it manifest that there must
be evidence offered, at least when it can reasonably be obtained, ..."
3. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1908)
"... although he has no present recollection about such facts.62 In a few states
the suppletory oath of the party or clerk may be dispensed with, ..."
4. A Digested Index to the Modern Reports, of the Courts of Common Law, in by Nicholas Baylies, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, John Ilderton Burn (1814)
"The suppletory oath in a matrimonial cause alleged in case of semiplena probatio,
and adjudged right on appeal (o the delegates. Williams r. ..."
5. Notes to Phillipps' Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Esek Cowen, Nicholas Hill, Samuel March Phillipps (1839)
"See post, 266, and the note to that page, shewing when the party's account book
may be received as evidence for.him, and verified by his suppletory oath. ..."
6. The Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty: In Three Parts : I by John Elihu Hall, Francis Clerke (1809)
"The suppletory oath. THIS oath may be prayed and is granted in all maritime
causes: but of the manner in which you must assign cause for obtaining it, ..."
7. Genesis and Its Authorship: Two Dissertations by John Quarry (1873)
"The first particular that claims to be noticed in this entire passage is the
tentative and suppletory character of the order and progress of the divine ..."
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