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declinatory

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Source Word

declinatory

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪˈklɪnətɹi/

historical not-comparable obsolete

(law, obsolete or historical) Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.

Japanese Meaning

（法律用語、古典的または歴史的な用法）告発や判決に対する服従を拒む、またはその拒否を伴うことを示す

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The lawyer argued that the defendant's declinatory response signaled an unwillingness to submit to the court's authority.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

弁護士は、被告の拒否を伴う応答が法廷の権威に従うことを望まない意思を示していると主張した。

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(law, obsolete or historical) Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.

[…] that the prisoner should first be arraigned, and might either then claim his benefit of clergy, by way of declinatory plea, or after conviction by way of arresting judgment.

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