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EXECUTORY

Definitions: EXECUTORY

EXECUTORY

Adjective

1. Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract.

2. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "EXECUTORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Crosswords: EXECUTORY

Specialty definitions using "EXECUTORY": executory debts, executory title. (references)

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Commercial Usage: EXECUTORY

DomainTitle

Books

  • An epitome of Fearne on contingent remainders and executory devises : intended principally for the use of students (reference)

  • An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders & Executory Devises (reference)

  • The Law of Executory Contracts for the Sale of Real Property (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: EXECUTORY

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Judgments given by the Courts of an Allied or Associated Power in all cases which, under the present Treaty, they are competent to decide, shall be recognised in Germany as final, and shall be enforced without it being necessary to have them declared executory. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: EXECUTORY

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Kazakhstan

The Ministry of Justice is only beginning to establish a judicial executory system. (references)

Kazakhstan

A judicial executory system is only beginning to be established by the Ministry of Justice. (references)

France

However, in some civil cases and in bankruptcy cases, foreign judgments are recognized and enforced by French courts without executory proceedings. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: EXECUTORY

"EXECUTORY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "EXECUTORY" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)90.91%10111,207
Noun (proper)9.09%1339,140
                    Total100.00%11N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: EXECUTORY

Expressions using "EXECUTORY": executory debts executory title. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: EXECUTORY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  executory contract

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: EXECUTORY

Language Translations for "EXECUTORY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

行" (admin, Administrative, Administratively, Executively). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tvangsfuldbyrdes (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), dokument med eksekutionskraft (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), boforpligtelse (executory debts). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

executioriale titel (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), titel van tenuitvoerlegging (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), boedelschulden (executory debts), akte met executoriale titel (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toimeenpanopaperi (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), pesän velka (executory debts). (various references)

   

French

  

exécutoire, non réalisé. (various references)

   

German

  

Vollstreckungsbeamte (executory officer). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χρέη από κληρονομιά (executory debts), εκτελεστός τίτλος (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), τίτλος εκτελεστός (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nováció (executory accord, novation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

titolo esecutivo (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), passivo ereditario (executory debts), passivo della successione (executory debts). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

未済 (unpaid). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

みさい (unpaid). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ry-chooilleeney. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

executoryay

   

Portuguese

  

titulo executivo (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), passivo de uma herança (executory debts). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

executoriu, executiv (administrative, executive), administrativ (administrative). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

подлежащий исполнению. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

exekutionstitel (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), dokument med exekutiv kraft (enforceable, executory title, writ of execution), dödsboet åvilande förpliktelser (executory debts). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yürütme ile ilgili, ileride yürürlüğe girecek olan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "EXECUTORY"

Words rhyming with "EXECUTORY" (pronounced 'Ex*ec"u*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EXECUTORY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-o-r-t-u-x-y"

-1 letter: executor.

-2 letters: coexert.

-3 letters: cortex, couter, outcry, tuyere.

-4 letters: court, coyer, cruet, curet, cuter, cutey, erect, eruct, exert, outer, outre, oxeye, oxter, recto, recut, route, terce, toyer, truce, tuyer.

-5 letters: cere, cero, cete, core, cory, cote, crux, cure, curt, cute, ecru, eery, euro, exec, eyer, eyre, oryx, oyer, rete, rote, roue, rout, roux, ryot, torc.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EXECUTORY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 58 45 43 55 54 4F 52 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01011000 01000101 01000011 01010101 01010100 01001111 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#88 &#69 &#67 &#85 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0058 0045 0043 0055 0054 004F 0052 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

395839375554495259

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Historic
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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