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peremptory🔊

(law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal

(law) (of a date or deadline) Absolutely requiring compliance or attendance; brooking no further delay; to proceed whether a party attends or not; final.

Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.

(obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn.

Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.

💬 Quotations
My friend had the piece returned from the management with a particularly polite but equally peremptory rejection.

(law) A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.