chargeant

chargeant (plural chargeants)

1. (Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.

   Antonym: dischargeant

   • 1896, James Alphonsus Dwyer, The Dominicans of Cork City and County, page 164:

     The discharge of the petitioner to the charge of the executors alleged that the REv. THomas Conway was a member of the Order of Saint Dominic, and that is not denied; and the said discharge further stated that the said legacy to the Rev. Thomas Conway was in trust for the sole use and benefit of the members of the Order of Saint Dominic, and was void. The Rev. P. T. Conway, by his charge, states- "That chargeant has read that portion of the petitioner's discharge in this matter, which impeaches the said bequest to this chargeant on the ground that the said legacy was left to this chargeant upon trust, that he would take and apply same for the maintenance and support, or for the use and benefit of the members of the Order of Saint Dominic resident in the United Kingdom, and chargeant saith that no trust, save as hereinafter mentioned, was imposed upon chargeant in relation to the said bequest—that is to say, that he, the testator, had a conversation with chargeant, who informed him that he had bequeathed, or would bequeath, to chargeant the sum of £500, and that the said sum was, or would be, so bequeathed to chargeant, […]

   • 1904, Great Britain, Statutory Rules and Orders Other Than Those of a Local, Personal, Or Temporary Character, page 557:

     Every charge and discharge shall be verified by the affidavit of the chargeant and dischargeant respectively, unless the Court shall otherwise allow.

• “chargeant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

chargeant

1. present participle of charger

• “chargeant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.