单词 | absolvitor |
释义 | absolvitorn. Scots Law (chiefly Civil Law). A decree or decision of a court in favour of a defendant in an action. Also as postmodifier. In later use only in decree of absolvitor. Cf. condemnator adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > judgement or decision of court > decision in favour of defender absolvitor1547 1547 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 250 Maister Thomas Dauesoun..protestit that the said freris haue any absoluitour of the said Johnis clame. 1586 A. Hunter in D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. (1717) Add. 196 The Person excommunicated declaring no Signs of true Repentance, nor craving the said Absolviture by himself, nor by his Procurators. 1609 J. Skene tr. Forme of Proces in Regiam Majestatem 122 They will pronunce sentence absolvitor, or condemnatour, in the principal cause conform to these rules. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 228 Quhilk expensis salbe takin up at the decisioun of the decreittis condemnatoure or absolvitoure. 1678 G. Mackenzie Law & Customs ii. xxiii. 510 These who are unjustly assoilȝed cannot be thereafter pursued, though the absolvitur be found unjust. 1700 in J. D. Marwick & R. Renwick Charters rel. Glasgow (1906) II. 282 The said provest, bailliers..ratifie..also the forsaid other decreet of absolvitor. 1774 Decisions Court of Session till 1764 3 345 A Decree Absolvitor having been obtained from a reduction, on the act of parl. 1621, of provisions granted to children. 1848 A. M'Neel-Caird Poor Law Man. Scotl. (ed. 5) 286 The sheriff does not conclude his interlocutor with a interlocutor with a decree absolvitor, as he thinks it possible that the pursuer may agree to execute the conveyance. 1859 in J. F. Macqueen Rep. Cases Ho. Lords (1861) III. 760 If the absolvitor had been a general absolvitor on the merits of the cause. 1908 Daily Chron. 11 Jan. 3/5 It went to the House of Lords, where the decree of absolvitur was pronounced. 1972 Ethics 82 240 The relevancy of the defense is the justice of the allegation therein made to elide the conclusion of the libel, and to warrant a decree of absolvitur. 1995 Times 1 Mar. 38/5 Lord Osborne, sitting in the Outer House of the Court of Session, so held, pronouncing a decree of absolvitor in favour of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1547 |
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