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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to execution or administration; executive.
  • adjective In effect; operative.
  • adjective Law Requiring something to be done or to happen before being fulfilled, as a contract.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to execution, especially to the performance of official duties; required or fitted to be carried into effect; executive.
  • In law, to be executed or carried into effect in future; containing provision for its execution or carrying into effect; intended or of such a nature as to take effect on a future contingency: as, an executory contract, devise, limitation, or remainder.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.
  • adjective (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to administration or execution.

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