peremption
/pəˈrɛm(p)ʃn/ /pəˈrɛm(p)ʃn/noun
Law. The action of quashing a suit, legal process, etc., after the expiry of a fixed period of time; the expiry of a right, etc., after a fixed period of time. Now US.
Origin
Late 15th century (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin peremption-, peremptio action or effect of killing or destroying from classical Latin perēmpt-, past participial stem of perimere to destroy, kill + -iō.
- overtaker
- over-talk
- over-talkative
- over-talkativeness
- overtalker
- overtalking
- overtask
- overtax
- overtaxation
- over-tedious
- overteem
- overteeming
- overtell
- over-tender
- over-tenderness
- over the air
- over-the-board
- over the counter
- over the fence
- over the hill
- over the hump
- over the long haul
- over the moon
- over the odds
- over there