revisory

adj

revisory

adj

Etymology From revise + -ory.

1

Having the power or purpose to revise or review.

  • An appellate jurisdiction , therefore , that acts , and is acted upon alternatively , in the exercise of an independent revisory authority , must have the means , and can scarcely fail to possess the will , to give it a full and satisfactory review1833, Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States:

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