peremptory

[Fr. péremptoire, from Lat. per empt or i us =(1) deadly, (2) final, conclusive, from per empt or a destroyer; Sp. & Ital. peremtorio; Port. peremptorio.] [PEREMPT.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Precluding or not admitting of question, expostulation, or hesitation; absolute, positive, decisive, conclusive. "That challenge did too peremptory see me." Spenser: F. Q., III. viii. 16. 2. Expre ive of positivene or absolute decision. "She desired me to sit still, quite in her old peremptory tone."-C. Brontë: Jane Eyre , ch. xxi. 3. Fully resolved; determined, resolute. "To-morrow be in readine to go: Excuse it not, for I am peremptory ." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, i. 3. 4. Positive in opinion or judgment; dogmatical, II. Law : Final, determinate; as, a peremptory action or exception; that is, one which can neither be renewed nor altered.