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ultroneity
ultroneity
English
Noun
ultroneity (countable and uncountable, plural ultroneities)
- (uncountable, archaic) The quality of being ultroneous.
- 1851, James George Wood, The Law of Libel: a Treatise on the Forms of Judicial Procedure in the Courts of the Church of Scotland
- […] but it is now held that the mere fact of the ultroneity of a witness, i.e. his offering his testimony without citation, is not of itself a barrier to his admissibility.
- 1901, John Rankine, The Scots Revised Reports: Court of Session, Second Series
- Notwithstanding that admonition, they do choose to answer; and, in so doing, they evince ultroneity to a degree that is highly suspicious.
- 1851, James George Wood, The Law of Libel: a Treatise on the Forms of Judicial Procedure in the Courts of the Church of Scotland
- (countable, archaic) Ultroneous behaviour.