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▸ adjective: (law) (of a date or deadline) Absolutely requiring compliance or attendance; brooking no further delay; to proceed whether a party attends or not; final.
▸ adjective: Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn.
▸ adjective: Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.
▸ noun: (law) A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.
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decisive,
imperative,
bossy,
domineering,
commanding,
magisterial,
autocratic,
dominating,
high-and-mighty,
unperemptory,
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