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#Tending to [[derogate]], or lessen in value; expressing [[derogation]]; [[detract]]ing; injurious; -- with from to, or unto. |
#Tending to [[derogate]], or lessen in value; expressing [[derogation]]; [[detract]]ing; injurious; -- with from to, or unto. |
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#:Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not. --Blackstone. |
#:Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not. --[[w:Blackstone]]. |
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#:His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their other. --Macaulay. |
#:His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their other. --[[w:Macaulay]]. |
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{Derogatory clause in a testament} (Law), a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; -- a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion. |
{Derogatory clause in a [[testament]]} ([[Law]]), a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; -- a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion. |
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Revision as of 07:59, 11 August 2004
Pronunciation
- SAMPA: /dI"rQg@trI/
Adjective
- Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto.
- Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not. --w:Blackstone.
- His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their other. --w:Macaulay.
{Derogatory clause in a testament} (Law), a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; -- a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion.