remitter
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]remit + -er (agent noun suffix), or in the legal sense + -er (action noun suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]remitter (plural remitters)
- One who remits, or makes remittance.
- One who pardons.
- (law) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right formerly held; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit[1]
References
[edit]- ^ John Bouvier (1839) “REMITTER”, in A Law Dictionary, […], volumes II (L–Z), Philadelphia, Pa.: T. & J. W. Johnson, […], successors to Nicklin & Johnson, […], →OCLC.
- “remitter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.