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absolvitor

UK/æbˈsɒl.vɪ.tɔː/US/æbˈsɑl.və.tɚ/

absolvitor noun: a decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.

Noun

absolvitor (plural absolvitors)

  1. (Scots law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
    • 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

Antonyms of absolvitor

  • condemnator

Forms of absolvitor

pluralabsolvitors

Origin of absolvitor

Borrowed from Latin absolvitor (literally “let him be acquitted”), the third-person singular future passive imperative form of absolvō (“to absolve, acquit, or declare innocent”). Compare absolutory.

Words formed from absolvitor

Questions about absolvitor

What does absolvitor mean?
Absolvitor means a decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
What part of speech is absolvitor?
Absolvitor is a noun.
How do you pronounce absolvitor?
Absolvitor is pronounced /æbˈsɒl.vɪ.tɔː/ (UK).
What is the plural of absolvitor?
The plural of absolvitor is absolvitors.

Words near absolvitor in the dictionary

  1. absolves
  2. absolvest
  3. absolveth
  4. absolving
  5. absolvings
  6. absolvitor
  7. absolvitors
  8. absolvitory
  9. absolvitur
  10. absolviture
  11. Abson

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