- In a
legal context,
promptitude refers to a duty or
intention to act
without delay. Its
opposite is tardiness, also
called (in
Scots law), mora. Legislation...
- fare unexceptionable. The
native waiters are
remarkable no less for
promptitude and
politesse than for the
spotless purity of
their light silk or linen...
-
dishonoured cheque a
civil liability would accrue. In
order to
ensure promptitude and
remedy against the
defaulters of the
Negotiable Instrument a criminal...
-
incompetent to
avert threatened danger, or to punish, with
adequate promptitude and certainty, the
guilty conspirators". In
other words,
state courts...
-
superintend the
execution of laws with
discernment and decision, with
promptitude and uniformity." In
Federalist No. 77,
Alexander Hamilton wrote with...
- a
short enough time that the
Senate could still act with "reasonable
promptitude" on the veto. However, a five-month
adjournment would be a long enough...
- etc. In the Days and
Hours of Mercury:
eloquence and intelligence,
promptitude in business,
science and divination, etc.; in the
Hours of Mercury: undertaking...
- bravery, the
utmost coolness and
quickness of perception, the
greatest promptitude and
skill in
handling troops under fire, is
justly due to him. It is...
- Wilson, was
called to the
Castle by her
Majesty and
thanked for his
promptitude. He was the son of Sir
Samuel Wilson, the
Australian wool magnate, who...
- à ne
regarder que les cimes, il p****ait de l'une à l'autre avec une
promptitude surprenante et les
faits qu'il découvrait se
groupant d'eux-mêmes autour...
