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fĭdĕprōmissor

fĭdĕprōmissor · m

a surety

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What it meant

fĭdĕprōmissor — Lewis & Short

fĭdĕprōmissor, ōris, m.fidepromitto, jurid. t. t.,

I a surety, bail: pro eo, qui promittit, solent alii obligari: quorum alios sponsores, alios fidepromissores, alios fidejussores appellamus. Sponsor ita interrogatur: IDEM DARE SPONDES? fidepro missor: IDEM FIDEPROMITTIS? fidejussor ita: IDEM FIDE TVA ESSE JVBES? etc., Gai. Inst. 3, § 115:—In another orthogr.: fidei promissor, pistikeleusths, Gloss. Philox.

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