revisoryadj.
/rᵻˈvʌɪz(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈvaɪzəri/, /riˈvaɪzəri/ Chiefly Politics and Law.
Of or relating to revision; engaged in, or of the nature of, revision; having power to revise.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > looking over with a view to amendment
revisionary1686
retractative1726
revisional1793
revisory1821
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > revising
revisory1821
1821 Rep. Proc. & Deb. of Convent. (N.Y. State Constit. Convention) 46 The utility of such a revisory power had thus been acknowledged.
1833 J. Story Comm. Constit. U.S. II. iii. 203 An appellate jurisdiction..that acts, and is acted upon alternatively, in the exercise of an independent revisory authority.
1884 J. Bryce in Contemp. Rev. Nov. 723 A revisory body is needed for all legislation.
1919 J. L. Garvin Econ. Found. Peace x. 218 It is desirable that the Supreme Congress itself..should be prepared always to act as a revisory body, hearing and deciding appeals.
1964 P. S. Foner Hist. Labor Movement U.S. III. xi. 298 The right of release on bail pending possible revisory proceedings.
2004 Maryland Gaz. (Nexis) 21 Apr. a5 A proposed rule change that would limit the court's revisory power to five years in violent crime cases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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