absolvitor
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absolvitor (literally “let him be acquitted”), the third-person singular future passive imperative form of absolvō (“I absolve, acquit, or declare innocent”).[1] Compare absolutory.
Pronunciation
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Noun
absolvitor (plural absolvitors)
- (Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575:
- Pitmedden purſues Seaton of Menzies as Repreſenting his Father, who was one of the Purſuers Brothers Tutors, for his Fathers Intromiſſion with the Pupils Means, who alleadged Abſolvitor.
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575:
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References
- “absolvitor, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolvitor”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) absolvitor
Descendants
- → English: absolvitor