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Preclusive

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Serving to preclude.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Tending to preclude; shutting out; preventive: generally followed by of.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. made impossible

Word Usage

"Should petitioner pursue a plenary action in federal court without a notice of claim, and should the federal District Court determine that no notice of claim is required, there would still remain a question of whether this Court's determination would have any preclusive effect in federal court."

Equivalent

preventative preventive

Form

preclusively

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

hindering