Tending or seeking to supply a loss; compensative (chiefly and earliest in expletive justice n. at compounds 1). Formerly also: †having the…

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, a decree or decrees. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a decree of Chancery or other civil court.

Criminal Law. Of an indictment: that has been rejected as unfounded or insufficiently supported by evidence. Cf. ignore, v. 2. Now historical and rare…

Intended to cause the exhibition or production of an article in dispute.

Of, relating to, or authorizing a delay in the payment of a debt or in the performance of a legal obligation.