perquisitorn.

Brit.

/pəːˈkwɪzᵻtə/, U.S.

/pərˈkwɪzᵻdər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perquīsītor.

Etymology: < classical Latin perquīsītor person who conducts a thorough search, in post-classical Latin also person who acquires, buyer, purchaser (from 13th cent. in British sources) < perquīsīt- , past participial stem of perquīrere perquire v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French perquisiteur (1360 in Middle French in sense ‘person who conducts a thorough search’; subsequently from 1819 in sense ‘person who conducts a thorough search of property’).

rare.

1. Esp. Law. A person who conducts a thorough search. Cf. perquisition n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker

seekerc1330

hunterc1374

searchera1382

explorator1583

questa1616

questanta1616

ferret1629

quester1629

perquisitor1656

questor1887

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Perquisitor, (Lat.) an enquirer, or diligent searcher.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1334/2 Perquisitor, a searcher.

2001 Mod. Brewery Age (Nexis) 26 Mar. 4 This reclusive group of stalwart perquisitors of knowledge gathers but infrequently.

†2. Law. The original acquirer of an estate whose descendants have succeeded to it; the first purchaser. Cf. perquisite n. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > one who acquires land by a single title > original

perquisitor1766

stock1886

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. xiv. 220 The first purchaser, perquisitor, is he who first acquired the estate to his family, whether the same was transferred to him by sale or by gift, or by any other method, except only that of descent.

1862 Pennsylvania State Rep. 39 420 This proviso is a legislative recognition of the general common law principle of descents, that inheritable blood is only such as flows from the perquisitor of the estate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perquisitor
释义	perquisitorn. Brit. /pəːˈkwɪzᵻtə/, U.S. /pərˈkwɪzᵻdər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perquīsītor. Etymology: < classical Latin perquīsītor person who conducts a thorough search, in post-classical Latin also person who acquires, buyer, purchaser (from 13th cent. in British sources) < perquīsīt- , past participial stem of perquīrere perquire v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French perquisiteur (1360 in Middle French in sense ‘person who conducts a thorough search’; subsequently from 1819 in sense ‘person who conducts a thorough search of property’). rare. 1. Esp. Law. A person who conducts a thorough search. Cf. perquisition n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker seekerc1330 hunterc1374 searchera1382 explorator1583 questa1616 questanta1616 ferret1629 quester1629 perquisitor1656 questor1887 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Perquisitor, (Lat.) an enquirer, or diligent searcher. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1334/2 Perquisitor, a searcher. 2001 Mod. Brewery Age (Nexis) 26 Mar. 4 This reclusive group of stalwart perquisitors of knowledge gathers but infrequently. †2. Law. The original acquirer of an estate whose descendants have succeeded to it; the first purchaser. Cf. perquisite n. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > one who acquires land by a single title > original perquisitor1766 stock1886 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. xiv. 220 The first purchaser, perquisitor, is he who first acquired the estate to his family, whether the same was transferred to him by sale or by gift, or by any other method, except only that of descent. 1862 Pennsylvania State Rep. 39 420 This proviso is a legislative recognition of the general common law principle of descents, that inheritable blood is only such as flows from the perquisitor of the estate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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