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Achator

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

achatonr, achetonr, buyer; a contractor.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Achatour, Achetour, Acatour. L. Fr. [from achater, to buy.] A buyer, a contractor. Purveyors were, by • statute 36 Edw. III. st. 1, c. 2, ordained to be thereafter called achetours, or buyers. 2 Eeeves* Hist Eng, Law, 370. Pamours, pwrveyours, ou achatours; takers, purveyors or buyers. Artie, sup, chart, c. 2.