absolvitor

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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absolvitor (plural absolvitors)

  1. (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.

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ absolvitor, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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Latin

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Verb

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absolvitor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of absolvō

Descendants

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  • English: absolvitor