a. Chiefly U.S. [f. VIOLATE v. + -IVE.] Involving or causing violation (of something).
a. 1797. J. P. Andrews, Man. Constit., 211 (Thornton). Violative of a vested legal right.
1856. F. Pierce, Message to Congress, 2. That no act shall remain on its statute book, violative of the provisions of the constitution.
1878. Masque Poets, 26. Those Who have dared in violative wise To assault with strong and impious blows, The awful, slumbering Pharaohs.
1891. Nation (N. Y.), 24 Dec., 495/2. Four of the judges held that the act was violative of the amendments, and therefore invalid.
