| 释义 |
reˈpudiatory, a. rare.
[f. repudiate v. + -ory.]
Favouring repudiation (of debts).
1882American IV. 67 They refused to admit..a delegate who was of known repudiatory principles.
Delete rare and for def. read: Of, pertaining to, or favouring repudiation (of a debt or other obligation). (Further examples.)
1936Pennsylvania State Rep. CCCXXIII. 512 It was the practice of the states, at that time of grave economic distress, of enacting repudiatory legislation. 1972Mod. Law Rev. XXXV. i. 44 It also seems to exclude the possibility of recovery on repudiatory breach generally. 1981Times 25 Feb. 26/1 The common law rule that a contract is determined by the acceptance of repudiatory conduct and not by the repudiatory conduct itself applies to contracts of employment. |