Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
absolvitor. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
absolvitor, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
absolvitor in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
absolvitor you have here. The definition of the word
absolvitor will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
absolvitor, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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
Noun
absolvitor (plural absolvitors)
- (Scots law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.[2]
- 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.
Antonyms
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ “absolvitor, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
absolvitor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of absolvō
Descendants