Creditor

Lat. & Eng. [from credere, to trust.] One who gives or has given cred^it to anotner; one who trusts another; one to whom a debt is due.* In a larger sense, one to whom any oblifation is due. Credit orum appellatione non i tantum accipiuntur qui pecuniam crediderunt, sed omnes quibus ex qualibet caiisd debetur.

Dig. 50. 16. 11.