单词 | ultroneous |
释义 | ultroneousadj. a. Made, offered, etc., of one's own accord; spontaneous, voluntary. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > proceeding from free will selflyOE self-willOE willesOE needlessc1225 wilninga1250 wilfulc1374 voluntaryc1449 spontany1532 voluntarious1532 spontaneal1602 voluntaire1615 self-willing1625 ultroneous1637 unimposed1642 elective1643 spontaneous1656 contingent1660 unmechanic1709 volitient1844 unmechanical1865 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies ii. ix. 43 This Argument of Scandall, the Pastor can make good against the Fornicator, out of his owne ultroneous and unrequired concession of the indifferency of Fornication. 1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee 144 A superiour may do an ultroneous honour, if he will, to his inferior. 1817 J. Fergusson Rep. Consistorial Court Scotl. 257 (note) Testimony given by a witness not cited is liable to objection, as ultroneous. 1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 720 The exercise of the student in the University classes, should be partly exigible, partly ultroneous. 1894 Brett in 19th Cent. June 914 That worthy body of doctrinaires were responsible for the ultroneous rule of Palmerston. b. Scots Law. Of witnesses: (see quots.). ΚΠ 1824 G. Tait On Evidence 379 Witnesses..if they come into Court..without being cited..are called ultroneous witnesses. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 371 Ultroneous witnesses, i.e. witnesses who offer their testimony without being regularly cited, were formerly inadmissable; but this objection seems now only to affect their credibility. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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