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Excusator

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In the civil law. Anexcuse orreason which exempts from someduty or obligation. In old German law. A defendant; he who utterly denies the plaintiff’s claim.

Du Cane

Exeusatur quis quod clameum non opposuerit, ut si toto tempore litigii fuit ultra mara quacungue occasione.

Co. Litt. 260.

He is excused who does not bring his claim, if, during the whole period in which it ought to have. been brought, he has been beyond sea for any reason.