Category:Rescissory

Re*scis"so*ry (r-sz"-r or r-ss"-), a. Etym: [l. rescissorius: cf. F. Rescisoire.]

Defn: tending to rescind; rescinding. To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all The parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet.