executory

American  

[ig-zek-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ɪgˈzɛk yəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. executive.

2. Law. to be performed or executed.

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executory British  

/ -trɪ, ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtərɪ /

adjective

1. (of a law, agreement, etc) coming into operation at a future date; not yet effective

   an executory contract

2. executive; administrative

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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

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

An executed contract, as the name implies, is completed, an executory contract is to be executed or completed.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

Lord Dorchester wrote—"The death of Buckingham causes no changes; the king holds in his own hands the total direction, leaving the executory part to every man within the compass of his charge."

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

Every sort of legislative, judicial, or executory power are its creatures.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

All but one of them said that before the executory letters were published a monition must first be sent to the King.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.