derogatory clause

English

Noun

derogatory clause (plural derogatory clauses)

  1. (law) A secret clause inserted into a testament and known by the testator alone, with a condition that no will made thereafter will be valid unless the same clause is inserted word for word (to guard against later wills extorted by violence, etc).

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