Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ultimatum
Meaning of Ultimatum
The last offer or condition, failure to accept or comply which is threatened to be visited with adverse consequence.
Ultimatum Alternative Definition
(Lat.) The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The word also means the result of a negotiation, and it comprises the final determination of the parties concerned in the object in dispute.
Synonyms of Ultimatum
noun
- condition
- demand
- exaction
- extrema condicio
- final condition
- final offer
- final proposal
- final proposition
- last offer
- notice
- proposition
- provision
- proviso
- requirement
- requisite
- specification
- stipulation
- threat
- warning
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Ultimatum in Diplomatic Law
Ultimatum
A last statement indicating a final position. On occasion a prelude to the initiation of military action.
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- Satow’s Diplomatic Practice, Ivor Roberts
- Modern Diplomacy, R.P. Barnston
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