Executory

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Executory \Ex*ec"u*to*ry\, a. [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius:
     cf.F. ex['e]cutoire.]
     1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in
        force; executive.
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              The official and executory duties of government.
                                                    --Burke.
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     2. (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in
        time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency;
        as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory
        contract. --Blackstone.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EXECUTORY. Whatever may be executed; as an executory sentence or judgment, 
  an executory contract.