[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

peremptory \per"emptory\, a. l. peremptorius destructive,
   deadly, decisive, final: cf. f. p'eremptorie. see
   perempt.
   1. precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of
      question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive;
      conclusive; final.
      1913 webster

            think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory
            designs to get thither.               --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial;
      dogmatical.
      1913 webster

            be not too positive and peremptory.   --bacon.
      1913 webster

            briefly, then, for we are peremptory. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. firmly determined; unawed. poetic --shak.
      1913 webster

   peremptory challenge law see under challenge.

   peremptory mandamus, a final and absolute mandamus.

   peremptory plea, a plea by a defendant tending to impeach
      the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar.
      1913 webster

   syn: decisive; positive; absolute; authoritative; express;
        arbitrary; dogmatical.
        1913 webster
see also:
perempt peremptory challenge challenge peremptory mandamus peremptory plea 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

peremptory
     adj 1: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
            unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic
            behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a
            rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed
            the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a
            swaggering peremptory manner" syn: autocratic, bossy,
             dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial
     2: not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory
        tones"; "peremptory commands"
     3: putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory
        decree"
see also:
autocratic bossy dominating high-and-mighty magisterial 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

137 moby thesaurus words for "peremptory":
   absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, admitting no exception,
   all-out, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, authoritarian,
   authoritative, autocratic, bigoted, binding, bossy, categorical,
   certain, clear, commanding, compelling, complete, compulsory,
   conceited, conclusive, de rigueur, decided, decisive, decretal,
   decretive, decretory, definite, definitive, despotic, determinate,
   dictated, dictating, dictatorial, directive, doctrinaire,
   doctrinarian, dogmatic, dogmatizing, domineering, downright,
   emphatic, entailed, entire, explicit, express, feudal, final, firm,
   fixed, flat, flat-out, global, grinding, hard-and-fast,
   high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, implicit, imposed,
   inappealable, incontrovertible, indisputable, insistent,
   instructive, irrefutable, irrevocable, jussive, lordly,
   magisterial, magistral, mandated, mandating, mandatory, masterful,
   monocratic, must, necessary, obligating, obligatory, obstinate,
   opinionated, opinionative, opinioned, oppressive, oracular,
   out-and-out, outright, overbearing, overruling, perfect,
   pontifical, positive, positivistic, preceptive, preclusive,
   prescript, prescriptive, pronunciative, repressive, required,
   round, self-opinionated, self-opinioned, severe, straight,
   straight-out, strict, suppressive, total, tyrannical, tyrannous,
   ultimate, uncircumscribed, uncompromising, unconditional,
   unconditioned, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating,
   unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning,
   unreserved, unrestricted, unwaivable, utter, whole, without appeal,
   without exception, without reserve

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

peremptory. absolute; positive. a final determination to act without hope of 
renewing or altering. joined to a substantive, this word is frequently used 
in law; as peremptory action; f. n. b. 35, 38, 104, 108; peremptory nonsuit; 
id. 5, 11; peremptory exception; bract. lib. 4, c. 20; peremptory 
undertaking; 3 chit. pract. 112, 793; peremptory challenge of jurors, which 
is the right to challenge without assigning any cause. inst. 4, 13, 9 code, 
7, 50, 2; id. 8, 36, 8; dig. 5, 1, 70 et 73. 

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