(See quot. 1485 and cf. extravagant, adj. 2) Obsolete.

Of a legal instrument: Stringently worded, peremptory. Obsolete.

Of a law, ordinance, etc., or its execution: Stringent and rigorous in its demands or provisions, allowing no evasion.

That cannot or must not be relaxed.

Attended by bloodshed; characterized by slaughter; bloody. Of laws: Imposing the death-penalty freely.

Of a law: that has the chief authority with reference to a particular subject.

Predicatively of a law: Of unmistakable import, decisive.

Law, Parliament, and Finance. Of acts, estimates, etc.

That may be eluded, evaded, or set at nought.

Of or relating to an organized structure compared to a living being. Law. Constitutive; that establishes or sets up; stating the formal constitution…

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, antinomy; involving a conflict of laws.

Full of loops; characterized by loops.

Characterized by, or given to, antinomies.

That can be contravened.

Capable of being violated, in senses of the verb.

Roman Law. Of or relating to a nexum.

Designating a clause, provision, or other piece of legislation that has conditions attached which make it difficult to amend or repeal. Frequently in…

Strict, rigorous, uncompromising. Law (esp. International Law). Designating a law which is binding and contains legally enforceable rights and…