rescissory

English

Etymology

Latin rescissorius.

Adjective

rescissory (comparative more rescissory, superlative most rescissory)

1. Tending to rescind; pertaining to rescission.
   • a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:

     To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633.

References

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