fidejussor
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin fīdēiussor: compare French fidéjusseur.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fidejussor (plural fidejussors)
- (law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- they also take recognizances or stipulations of certain fidejussors in the nature of bail
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fidejussor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Noun edit
fidējussor m (genitive fidējussōris); third declension
- Alternative form of fidēiussor
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fidējussor | fidējussōrēs |
Genitive | fidējussōris | fidējussōrum |
Dative | fidējussōrī | fidējussōribus |
Accusative | fidējussōrem | fidējussōrēs |
Ablative | fidējussōre | fidējussōribus |
Vocative | fidējussor | fidējussōrēs |
References edit
- “fidejussor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fidejussor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “fidejussor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin