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Definition of Absolvitory
1. Adjective. Providing absolution.
Similar to: Exculpatory
Derivative terms: Absolve, Absolve, Exonerate, Forgivingness
Definition of Absolvitory
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquital. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolvitory
Literary usage of Absolvitory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, James Ivory (1828)
"... or by order of the judge, deposes non memini, such oath has, in the common
case, the effect of an absolvitory sentence in favour of him who hath sworn, ..."
2. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"66, 1 Hume, 46 ; 2 Alison, 14 ; case of Viscount Arbuthnot, Ark. Ap. DECREE, the
final judgment condemnatory or absolvitory of the party defender. ..."
3. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1886)
"... against which the plea of res judicata could have been urged,—a plea competent
only where there has been a sentence condemnatory or absolvitory. ..."
4. The Institutes of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian: The Former from Studemund's by Gaius, Wilhelm Studemund, James Muirhead (1880)
"... no matter what the nature of the action; this is the meaning of the common
saying that according to Sabinus and Cassius all iudicia are absolvitory. ..."
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