revisory

English

Etymology

From revise +‎ -ory.

Adjective

revisory (comparative more revisory, superlative most revisory)

1. Having the power or purpose to revise or review.
   • 1833, Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States:

     An appellate jurisdiction , therefore , that acts , and is acted upon alternatively , in the exercise of an independent revisory authority , must have the means , and can scarcely fail to possess the will , to give it a full and satisfactory review

References

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