Associations to the word «Interrogatory»

Wiktionary

INTERROGATORY, noun. (legal) A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule.
INTERROGATORY, noun. A question; an interrogation.
INTERROGATORY, adjective. Serving to interrogate; questioning.

Dictionary definition

INTERROGATORY, noun. Formal systematic questioning.
INTERROGATORY, adjective. Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats