fidejussor
English
Etymology
Latin : compare French fidéjusseur.
Noun
fidejussor (plural fidejussors)
- (law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fidejussor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Noun
fidejussor m (genitive fidejussōris); third declension
- Alternative form of fideiussor
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fidejussor | fidejussōrēs |
| Genitive | fidejussōris | fidejussōrum |
| Dative | fidejussōrī | fidejussōribus |
| Accusative | fidejussōrem | fidejussōrēs |
| Ablative | fidejussōre | fidejussōribus |
| Vocative | fidejussor | fidejussōrēs |
References
- fidejussor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fidejussor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- fidejussor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin