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Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
Thurgood Marshall

Meaning of "peremptory" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEREMPTORY

From Anglo-Norman peremptorie, from Latin peremptōrius decisive, from perimere to take away completely, from per- (intensive) + emere to take.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PEREMPTORY

peremptory  [pəˈrɛmptərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEREMPTORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peremptory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PEREMPTORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of peremptory in the English dictionary

The first definition of peremptory in the dictionary is urgent or commanding. Other definition of peremptory is not able to be remitted or debated; decisive. Peremptory is also positive or assured in speech, manner, etc; dogmatic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEREMPTORY


battery
ˈbætərɪ
commentary
ˈkɒməntərɪ
deceptory
dɪˈseptərɪ
directory
dɪˈrɛktərɪ
documentary
ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪ
eatery
ˈiːtərɪ
elementary
ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ
factory
ˈfæktərɪ
history
ˈhɪstərɪ
introductory
ˌɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ
laboratory
ləˈbɒrətərɪ
military
ˈmɪlɪtərɪ
mystery
ˈmɪstərɪ
periptery
pəˈrɪptərɪ
pre-emptory
prɪˈɛmptərɪ
preceptory
prɪˈsɛptərɪ
redemptory
rɪˈdɛmptərɪ
scriptory
ˈskrɪptərɪ
territory
ˈtɛrɪtərɪ
victory
ˈvɪktərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEREMPTORY

peregrine
peregrine falcon
peregrinity
pereion
pereiopod
Pereira
pereira bark
Perelman
peremptorily
peremptoriness
Perendale
perennate
perennation
perennial
perenniality
perennially
perennibranch
perennity
perentie
perenties

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEREMPTORY

British Indian Ocean Territory
defamatory
depository
discriminatory
Federal Capital Territory
horror story
inflammatory
love story
mandatory
natural history
observatory
regulatory
repository
respiratory
satisfactory
statutory
story
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Synonyms and antonyms of peremptory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PEREMPTORY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «peremptory» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of peremptory

Translation of «peremptory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEREMPTORY

Find out the translation of peremptory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peremptory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peremptory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

俨然
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perentoria
570 millions of speakers

English

peremptory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुल्लंघनीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القطعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

императивная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peremptória
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুদৃঢ়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péremptoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peremptory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kategorisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強制的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단호한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peremptory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuyên chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்டிதமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्णायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

buyurucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perentorio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apodyktyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

імперативна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peremptorie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιτακτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebiedend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvingande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

peremptory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peremptory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEREMPTORY»

The term «peremptory» is normally little used and occupies the 116.858 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEREMPTORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «peremptory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «peremptory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peremptory

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QUOTES WITH «PEREMPTORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word peremptory.
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Thurgood Marshall
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEREMPTORY»

Discover the use of peremptory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peremptory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Peremptory Norms in International Law
This work examines their increasing importance in determining the permissible limits on the actions of State actors.
Alexander Orakhelashvili, 2008
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Handbook of Psychology, Forensic Psychology
Attorneys may also remove a juror by exercising one of their peremptory challenges, which allows them to exclude a juror without stating the cause for the exclusion. After all of the challenges have been made and ruled, the surviving venire ...
Irving B. Weiner, Donald K. Freedheim, Alan M. Goldstein, 2003
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Trials: Strategy, Skills, and the New Power of Persuasion
Peremptory Challenges Learn how many peremptory challenges (also called strikes) each party has. Peremptory challenges generally can be used by the parties to dismiss a potential juror for almost any reason. The number of challenges is ...
Thomas A. Mauet, 2005
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Trial Advocacy Basics
Challenges for cause may be granted or denied in the judge's discretion.4 Peremptory challenge. Lawyers may also use a limited number of peremptory challenges to eliminate jurors who are technically qualified to serve, but who are — in the ...
W. Dent Gitchel, Molly Townes O'Brien, 2006
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The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties: A - F, Index
Later Supreme Court cases applied the Batson framework to civil cases and to peremptory challenges exercised by criminal defendants. Peremptory challenges are also no longer permitted on the basis of the prospective juror's gender or ...
Paul Finkelman, 2006
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New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law
All three kinds of time limits can be either peremptory or non-peremptory. Peremptory time limits are those which extinguish the right in question if the time limit is not met. Non-peremptory time limits, if unmet, do not extinguish the right.
John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, Thomas Joseph Green, 2000
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Colored Men and Hombres Aquí: Hernández V. Texas and the ...
one African American who served on the jury.16 Miller-El challenged the prosecutor's use of its peremptory strikes as racially discriminatory along with other practices during jury selection.17 The Supreme Court heard Miller-El's habeas ...
Michael A. Olivas, 2006
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Paralegal Career For Dummies
Challenges to prospective jurors fall into one of three categories: Peremptory challenges require no reason to excuse jurors. Challenges for cause must be made for a specific reason. Challenges to the array involve the removal of the entire ...
Scott Hatch, Lisa Zimmer Hatch, 2011
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Nursing Malpractice
fails, the jury has an explanation when a peremptory is later used. It is always desirable to inform the potential jurors of the reasons why a peremptory challenge is being exercised. Remaining jurors tend to sympathize with a person who is ...
Patricia W. Iyer, 2001
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Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Perspective
Through this process, we find some promising citations to annotations, including " State criminal cases, use of peremptory challenges to exclude ethnic and racial groups, other than black Amezicans, from criminal jury — post-Batson state ...
James R. Acker, David C. Brody, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEREMPTORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peremptory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Judge refuses to dismiss Limerick cannabis grow house case
She was not prepared to mark it peremptory against the state, she told Mr O'Donnell. The matter comes before her again, for mention, on July ... «Limerick Leader, Jul 15»
2
Cousin of Olympic boxer John Joe Nevin charged with dangerous …
Judge McGrath marked the case "peremptory against the State" and warned she would strike out the charges against Mr Nevin if DPP ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
How Trees Calm Us Down
Urban environments can certainly elicit involuntary attention (honking horns in Times Square), but they do so in a harsh, peremptory way that ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
4
The Iran Agreement in International Law and US Law: Contradictions
Still another predictable ground for future Iranian legal manipulation can be found at Article 53, the so-called "Jus Cogens" or peremptory norm ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
5
Play Ball! And Do It Faster!
Others were peremptory but vague: “I'm sure it's something to do with fucking television,” another coach complained, without elaborating. «Grantland, Jul 15»
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News briefs - July 23
Kentucky by using a peremptory strike against a potential African American juror. The Ohio Supreme Court, which initially denied Bryan's claim ... «Morrow County Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Namzinc's 12-Hour Shifts Declared Unlawful
... the Labour Act. These provisions are peremptory and not advisory and must be complied with, the judge said and dismissed the application. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
Political Notebook: Out candidates seek CA legislative seats in 2016
A peremptory challenge is the removal of a prospective juror from serving on the jury panel without providing a reason. During a trial, the ... «Bay Area Reporter, Jul 15»
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State lawyers appeal federal judge's decision to grant new trial for …
... to prevail on appeal because "prosecutors gave valid, race-neutral reasons for using a peremptory challenge to remove Chrystal [sic] Jones. «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
10
How Congress Can Improve the Iran Nuclear Deal
Satloff dismisses in firm and almost peremptory fashion the president's contention that it would lead inexorably to war. He suggests one ... «Defense One, Jul 15»

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