declinaturen.
/dɪˈklʌɪnətjʊə/ 1. Scots Law. A formal plea declining to admit the jurisdiction of a court or tribunal; spec. ‘the privilege which a party has in certain circumstances to decline judicially the jurisdiction of the judge before whom he is cited’ (Bell): = declinator n.2, declinatory n. 1.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea objecting to jurisdiction or competence
exception1413
declinature1639
declinatory1693
declinatory plea1769
1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 190 To passe from his declinature of the Generall Assemblie.
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 321 He had given in a declinature, containing reasons why he could not acknowledge that judicatorie to be lawfull.
1764 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 3) i. ii. 19 The Defender enters a declinature, which is repelled.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 258/2 The relationship of the judge to one or both of the parties is a ground of declinature.
1883 S. R. Gardiner Hist. Eng. I. 60 Black..having once more declined its jurisdiction, a formal resolution was passed to the effect that..the Court refused to admit the declinature.
2. gen. The action of declining or refusing; courteous refusal.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > courteous refusal
declining1607
declination1618
declinement1680
declension1817
declinal1837
declinature1850
1850 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) XIV. xcv. 104 This second declinature irritated the government in the highest degree.
1882 A. B. Bruce Parab. Teaching of Christ (1889) 504 It was nothing more than a declinature to be burdened with their neighbours' affairs.
1885 Manch. Examiner 15 June 5/5 The reported declinature of office by the Marquis of Salisbury.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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