inhibitern.
rare.
One who inhibits; = inhibitor n. 1.
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society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > one who prohibits
forbidderc1449
prohibiter1608
inhibiter1611
prohibitor1611
society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writ prohibiting contracting debt > one taking out
inhibiter1846
inhibitor1868
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inhibitore, an inhibiter, a forbidder.
1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 81/2 If the inhibition [in Sc. Law] be followed by proceedings to attach the estate at the instance of the other creditors, the inhibiter has a preference over them if the debts have been incurred subsequently to the inhibition.
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