permissory

The permissory note, a little black wristband, was the waxed-paper variety usually seen in neon rainbows up the arms of college kids in Cancun.

Talking About Money with the Social Set: Claire Howorth Howorth, Claire 2008

This refocuses the Article, imposing specific duties on the Member States and, rather than a weak, permissory statement, makes the adoption, not only of “broad guidelines” but also “measures” unspecified mandatory.

Constitutional changes - they're mega! Richard 2004

Respect for a certain high office, which he then filled by the accidency of murder, and regard for a noble State, which enjoyed the equivocal honor of his nativity, deters completing the triumvirate of infamy by giving his name, but who, holding the restraining power, was to say the least acquiescent and permissory to the brutality of the others.

Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more, 1906

Missouri, in obedience to a permissory statute, had framed a constitution, and demanded admission into the Union as a State.

The Memories of Fifty Years Sparks, William H 1870

Missouri, in obedience to a permissory statute, had framed a constitution, and demanded admission into the Union as a State.

The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest William Henry Sparks 1841