executory
Americanadjective
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(of a law, agreement, etc) coming into operation at a future date; not yet effective
an executory contract
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executive; administrative
Etymology
Origin of executory
1400–50; late Middle English executorie operative, being in effect < Late Latin ex ( s ) ecūtōrius executive. See execute, -tory 1
Example Sentences
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One columnist JC Punongbayan tweeted the order was "not immediate and executory", adding that it would be "business as usual".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2022
The first is called an executory, the other an executed, sale.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
In equity, on the other hand, a chattel mortgage, though not good as a conveyance, is valid as an executory agreement.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
Historically it is equally without basis, for the intention of the obligation of contracts clause, as the evidence amply shows, was to protect private executory contracts, and especially contracts of debt.
From John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court by Edward Samuel Corwin
The contracts were executory and related to unascertained goods.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
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