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ˈjustificator [ad. late L. jūstificātor, agent- n. f. jūstificāre to justify.] One who justifies. The L. word occurs in a document of William Rufus (see first quot.), whence it has passed into the law dicts. as an English word.
[11..Writ in Liber Ramesiæ §188 Will. Rex Angl. H. Camerario & Justificatoribus suis, omnibusque suis fidelibus Norff., salutem.] 1670Blount Law Dict., Iustificators [in prec. quot.] seem to signify Compurgators. 1755Johnson, Justificator, one who supports, defends, vindicates, or justifies. 1799M. Edgeworth Ess. Self-Justif. in Lett. Lit. Ladies (1805) 225 To one of your class of justificators, this is the highest offence. 1809Tomlins Law Dict., Justificators, a kind of compurgators, or those that by oath justified the innocence, or oaths of others. |