fidejussor

English

Etymology

Latin : compare French fidéjusseur.

Noun

fidejussor (plural fidejussors)

  1. (law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

  1. 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
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