Remitter
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A term in real-property law for a fiction or theory whereby one who has the right of entry in lands, but is out of possession, and who obtains possession of the lands under sopae subsequent title, which, however, is of course defective, is considered to be sent back (remitted), by operation of law, to his ancient and more certain title. The possession which he gained by a bad title is deemed annexed to his own good title, and his defeasible estate is annulled by the act of the law.