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Webster 1913 Edition
Declinatory
De-clin′a-to-ry
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[LL.
declinatorius
, fr. L. declinare
: cf. F. déclinatoire
.] Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
Blackstone.
Declinatory plea
(O. Eng. Law)
, the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; – now abolished.