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rescissory, a.|rɪˈsɪsərɪ|
Also 7 rec-.
[ad. late L. rescissōri-us, f. resciss-, ppl. stem of rescindĕre to rescind. Cf. F. rescisoire (1579).]
1. Of the nature of, or having the effect of, rescinding or revoking; connected with, or characterized by, rescission:
a. of legal actions, etc. (Chiefly Sc. Law.)
‘Rescissory actions are those actions whereby deeds, &c. are declared void’ (Bell).
1605Daniel Queen's Arcadia iii. i, I ouerwhelme My practise too, with darknes, and strange words;..Conditions, Codicilles, Acceptilations, actions recissorie. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 442 Rescissory actions are divided, 1. Into actions of proper improbation. 2. Actions of reduction-improbation. 1818Colebrooke Obligations I. 222 Every person who apprehends himself hurt or affected by a deed is entitled to a rescissory action for setting it aside. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 829 The action of simple reduction and the action of reduction-improbation, are the two varieties of the rescissory actions of the law of Scotland. Ibid., In the simple reduction the summons, like all rescissory summonses, commences with the Will. 1846Bateman Law of Auctions (ed. 3) 65 The first of this class of conditions is called rescissory; the second compensatory.
b. of legislative measures, etc.; spec. of the act passed by the Scottish Parliament in 1661, by which the acts of all the parliaments held from 1633 were rescinded.
See Burnet Own Time ii. (1724) I. 117–119.
1640in Rushw. Hist. Coll. ii. (1659) II. 1007 It is impossible, without passing the Rescissory Act,..to have a valid Parliament. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 161 Next they fell upon forming an Act Rescissory, whereby former Acts..should be nulled. 1671[R. MacWard] True Nonconf. 378 Say not that the first part of the abovementioned rescissory clause, relative to the Act. 1592. Is simple. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 57 This act, though falling under the act rescissory of Charles II, seems to have been considered as still in force by 1663, c. 21 which [etc.]. 1861Buckle Civiliz. II. 283 The parliament..consented to what was termed the rescissory act. 1894Daily News 5 Mar. 5/8 The rescissory power wielded by the non-elective peers over the legislative acts of the..House of Commons.
†2. Asking for rescission. Obs. rare—1.
1610Selden Duello iv. 14 S. Lewis and the rest were constrained..to yeeld to the rescissory petitions of their subjects. |