absolvitor
English
Etymology
- Borrowing 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
- (RP) IPA: /æbˈsɒl.vɪ.tɔː/, enPR: ăbsŏlʹvĭtôr, X-SAMPA: /{b"sQlvItO:/
- (US) IPA: /æbˈsɑl.və.tɚ/, /æbˈzɑl.və.tɚ/, /æbˈsɑl.və.tɔɹ/, /æbˈzɑl.və.tɔɹ/
Noun
absolvitor (uncountable)
- (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
Derived terms
- decree of absolvitor
Antonyms
References
- ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 9:
Latin
Verb
absolvitor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of absolvō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of absolvō
Descendants
- English: absolvitor