perempt
/pəˈrɛm(p)t/Chiefly Civil Law. Now chiefly US
verb
[with object] To do away with or quash (a thing, especially a legal process or suit).
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in John Ayliffe (1676–1732), lawyer and author. From classical Latin perēmpt-, past participial stem of perimere to destroy, kill, cancel out, annul from per- + emere to buy, purchase, originally to take. Compare peremption.
- noticeboard
- notice paper
- noticer
- notifiable
- notification
- notifier
- notify
- no-till
- no-tillage
- no-tilled
- no time
- (not) in one's right mind
- not in the least
- not in the same street
- not in the slightest
- notion
- notional
- notionalist
- notionality
- notionally
- notionary
- notionist
- notionless
- notion seller
- notions seller