excussion

English

Etymology

Latin excussus, past participle of excutere (“to shake off”).

Noun

excussion (countable and uncountable, plural excussions)

1. The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.

   There has been excussion against the principal debtor, who has no assets. The creditor is therefore proceeding against the surety.

Related terms

• beneficium excussionis
• excuss
• division

Translations

credit process

• Afrikaans: uitwinning
• Finnish: menettely, jonka mukaan saatavat peritään ensin päävelalliselta (literally “procedure according to which claims are first recovered from the principal debtor”)
• German: Vorausklage f
• Swedish: process (sv) c