instrumentary

English

Etymology

From instrument +‎ -ary.

Adjective

instrumentary (comparative more instrumentary, superlative most instrumentary)

1. (archaic) instrumental
2. (law, archaic, Scotland) Pertaining to a legal instrument.
   • 1832, The Institutions of the Law of Scotland, page 23:

     The nearest relations of a party by whom a deed is granted, or in whose favour it is conceived, are good instrumentary witnesses; and although it has been generally laid down by the text writers, that women cannot be instrumentary witness, it is extremely doubtful how far this is correct.

References

• “instrumentary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.