Perempt
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To waive or bar an appeal by one's own act so as partially to comply with or acquiesce in a sentence of a court. Phill. Eccl. L. 1275; Rog. Eccl. L. 47. PEREMPTORIUS (Lat. from peri mere, to destroy). In Civil Law. That which takes away or destroys forever; hence, cxceptio peremptona, a plea which Is a perpetual bar. See Peremptory. Bract, lib. 4, c. 20; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 36, § 3; Calvinus, Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In ecclesiastical procedure an appeui is said to be perempted when the appellant has by his own act waived or barred his right of appeui; as where he partially complies with or acquiesces in the sentence of the court. Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1275.