De*rog"a*to*ry (?), a.
Tending to derogate, or lessen in
value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from, to, or unto.
Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of
subsequent Parliaments bind not.
Blackstone. His language was severely censured
by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their order. Macaulay. Derogatory clause in a testament (Law),
a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he
reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; -- a
precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion.
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