单词 | optive |
释义 | optive, a.|ˈɒptɪv| [ad. L. optīv-us, f. stem opt- of optāre to choose.] Pertaining to or characterized by option; constituted by choosing; elective. In Rom. Law: see quotations.
1656Blount Glossogr., Optive, see Adoptive. [1876Mears Rom. Law 128 The wife might have the right..of choosing the tutor herself..and hence this kind of tutor was called Tutor optivus.] 1880Muirhead Gaius i. §154 Tutors appointed in a testament by express nomination are called tutors dative; those selected in virtue of a power of option, tutors optive. |

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