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absolvitors

absolvitors is the plural of absolvitor.

Meaning of absolvitor

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

Questions about absolvitors

What is absolvitors the plural of?
Absolvitors is the plural of absolvitor.

Words near absolvitors in the dictionary

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

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