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Apprecatory
Apprecatory Ap"pre*ca*to*ry, a. Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]``Apprecatory benedictions.' --Bp. Hall.
Deprecatory
Deprecatory Dep"re*ca*to*ry, a. [L. deprecatorius.] Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory letters. --Bacon.
Imprecatory
Imprecatory Im"pre*ca*to*ry, a. Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms.
Precatory words
Preative Pre"a*tive, Preatory Pre"a*to*ry, a. [L. precativus, precatorius, fr. precari to pray. See Precarious.] Suppliant; beseeching. --Bp. Hopkins. Precatory words (Law), words of recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in wills, as distinguished from express directions; -- in some cases creating a trust. --Jarman.

Meaning of Precatory from wikipedia

- known as jequirity, Crab's eye, or rosary pea, paternoster pea, love pea, precatory pea or bean, prayer bead, John Crow Bead, coral bead, red-bead vine, country...
- Boughton Decided 7 August 1840 Citation(s) (1840) 49 ER 58, (1840) 3 Beav 148 Case opinions Lord Langdale MR Keywords Precatory words, trust, gift, will...
- any operative effect. Material set out in a whereas clause is purely precatory. It may be relevant for the purpose of clarifying ambiguities in a statute’s...
- Abrus precatorius jequirity, crab's eye, rosary pea, John Crow bead, precatory bean, Indian licorice, akar saga, giddee giddee, jumbie bead, ruti, weather...
- probate; he included a do****ent that stated that the clause in the will was precatory, i.e. a request rather than a binding testament. He added that Ferdinand...
- deprecation, imprecate, imprecation, pray, prayer, precarious, precation, precatory prehendō prehend- prend- prehend- prehens- prens- grasp apprehend, apprehension...
- the intention to make a pure gift, as in Jones v Lock. Historically, precatory words such as "it is hoped" and "it is desired" were held to be valid...
- animal welfare. Virtually all shareholder resolutions are non-binding (or "precatory," to use the legal term of art). In this sense the voting on these resolutions...
- the cheap. Virtually all shareholder resolutions are non-binding (or "precatory," to use the legal term of art). In this sense the voting on these resolutions...
- Common name Notes References Abrus precatorius Crab's eye Also known as precatory bean, rosary pea, or jequirity bean Acer rubrum Red maple, also known...