executory

American  

[ig-zek-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ɪgˈzɛk yəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. executive.

2. Law. to be performed or executed.

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executory British  

/ -trɪ, ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtərɪ /

adjective

1. (of a law, agreement, etc) coming into operation at a future date; not yet effective

   an executory contract

2. executive; administrative

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Etymology

Origin of executory

1400–50; late Middle English executorie operative, being in effect < Late Latin ex ( s ) ecūtōrius executive. See execute, -tory ¹

Example Sentences

One columnist JC Punongbayan tweeted the order was "not immediate and executory", adding that it would be "business as usual".

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2022

A plan of favoritism for our executory government is essentially at variance with the plan of our legislature.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

A lawyer who "what he this day has proved to be a contingent remainder, to-morrow he will with equal learning show must operate as an executory devise or as a springing use."

From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various

One case has gone so far as to hold that performance of an executory contract to purchase a specific thing cannot be refused because it fails to come up to the warranted quality.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The plan proceeds expressly on the idea of enfeebling the regular executory power. 

From Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. by Morley, Henry