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Peremptory Rule

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An absolute rule, as distinguished from a rule nisi.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Same as Rule absolute.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In practice. An absolute rnie; a rule without any condition or alternative of showing cause.

Defined under Peremptory in Black's Law Dictionary.