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declinature|dɪˈklaɪnətjʊə(r)|
[f. L. type dēclīnātūra, f. ppl. stem dēclīnāt-: see -ure. In sense 1 perhaps a ‘rectification’ of declinator2.]
1. Sc. Law. A formal plea declining to admit the jurisdiction of a court or tribunal; spec. ‘the privilege which a party has in certain circumstances to decline judicially the jurisdiction of the judge before whom he is cited’ (Bell): = declinator2, declinatory n. 1.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 321 He had given in a declinature, containing reasons why he could not acknowledge that judicatorie to be lawfull. 1639Baillie Let. to W. Spang 28 Sept., To passe from his declinature of the Generall Assemblie. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 19 The defender pleads a declinature, which is repelled. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 258/2 The relationship of the judge to one or both of the parties is a ground of declinature. 1883Gardiner Hist. Eng. I. 60 Black..having once more declined its jurisdiction, a formal resolution was passed to the effect that..the Court refused to admit the declinature.
2. gen. The action of declining or refusing; courteous refusal.
1842Alison Hist. Europe (1853) XIV. xcv. §29. 104 This second declinature irritated the government in the highest degree. 1882A. B. Bruce Parab. Teaching (1889) 504 It was nothing more than a declinature to be burdened with their neighbours' affairs. 1885Manch. Exam. 15 June 5/5 The reported declinature of office by the Marquis of Salisbury. |