Peremptory is an adjective that allows us to name the last deadline that is granted or the final resolution regarding a matter. The term, therefore, is used as a synonym for conclusive , urgent , determining or compelling .
The etymological origin of the term comes from Latin, more precisely from the word peremptorius . It is made up of three clearly differentiated parts: the prefix per- , which is equivalent to “completely” ; the verb emere , which can be translated as “obtain or buy” ; and the suffix -torium , which indicates “belonging” .
For example: “The governor made a peremptory call to defeat crime before it claims new innocent lives,” “The judge will announce tomorrow the peremptory deadline for the presentation of evidence,” “The end of the peremptory deadline for processing is approaching .” the license.”
The peremptory in the law
The most common use of this notion appears in the field of law . A peremptory exception is one that fails in the final sentence , while the term peremptory speaks of that whose passage extinguishes the right of what, during it, was not exercised. A peremptory argument , on the other hand, is one that cannot be replicated and that destroys any advance objection.
Within this, of the judicial sector, we would have to establish that terms are often spoken of as synonyms for deadlines . And that is where we find a great variety of them, among which two large groups acquire especially prominence: the concept of peremptory or fatal and the notion of non-peremptory .
The first, as its name indicates, refers to the period that once elapsed causes the person who did not use it to lose the corresponding right. It is also identified because it does not require any initiative and because to know that it is peremptory, you only have to take into account the law. And this clearly establishes it. Among the examples of laws that have peremptory terms we would have to refer to the Family Procedural Law in Spain .
A kind of challenge
The concept of peremptory challenge is used in jury trials . This is the procedure used to reject future jurors without reason. Each party is allowed a restricted number of peremptory challenges.
The peremptory challenge is justified based on the argument that, if both parties have contributed to the formation of the jury, it will be able to issue an impartial verdict.
For some jurists, peremptory challenges put at risk the balanced representation of the jury, which could be obtained from a random selection. In any case, many jurisdictions still support the peremptory challenge because they consider that they allow favorable juries to be formed.
Book «Antarctica. A peremptory challenge »
In addition to all the above, we would have to emphasize that within the field of literature there is a book titled “Antarctica. “A peremptory challenge.”
Javier Lopetegui Torres is the author of this work, published in 1986 , which reviews the regions of the so-called Chilean Antarctica .