executory

[ ig-zek-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ɪgˈzɛk yəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

Law. to be performed or executed.

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Origin of executory

1400–50; late Middle English executorie operative, being in effect <Late Latin ex(s)ecūtōrius executive. See execute, -tory¹

Words nearby executory

executive order, executive privilege, executive secretary, executive session, executor, executory, executrix, exedra, exegesis, exegete, exegetic

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How to use executory in a sentence

An executed contract, as the name implies, is completed, an executory contract is to be executed or completed.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
An unpaid promissory note is an executory contract, when paid it becomes an executed one.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
A license may be executory, relating to a future act, or it may relate to an act already done or executed.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
But if the price is paid, and the goods are not then to pass, the transaction is a contract to sell, or an executory sale.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

A contract executed, as well as one which is executory, contains obligations binding on the parties.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster|Daniel Webster

British Dictionary definitions for executory

executory

/ (ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

(of a law, agreement, etc) coming into operation at a future date; not yet effectivean executory contract

executive; administrative

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