executory [ig-zek-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- executive.
- Law. to be performed or executed.
Origin of executory 1400–50; late Middle English executorie operative, being in effect Late Latin ex(s)ecūtōrius executive. See execute, -tory1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for executory Historical Examples of executory
Another class of contracts are called executed and executory.
Various
A contract may be executed as to one party and executory as to the other.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3
Various
Another classification is into executed and executory contracts.
Putnam’s Handy Law Book for the Layman
Albert Sidney Bolles
The first is called an executory, the other an executed, sale.
Putnam’s Handy Law Book for the Layman
Albert Sidney Bolles
The executory brief was not identical with the Bull of Deposition.
The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon
J.A. Froude
British Dictionary definitions for executory executory adjective
- (of a law, agreement, etc) coming into operation at a future date; not yet effectivean executory contract
- executive; administrative
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