Editus

Aeditus.

L. Lat. [from edere, to put forth, or publish.] Put forth, published or promulgated; passed as a law.

Beg. Jud. 22.

Contra formam sta- <»<»— editi et provisi; against the form of the statute— made and provided.

Host. Entr. 598, 599.

Brought forth or bom, as a child. Bract, fol.

278. EE.

A termination giving to the words in which it occurs a passive sense, denoting the party to whom an act is done, or on whom a right is conferred; the receiving party; as — "or" denotes the acting party. Thus feoffee {feoffatrU) denotes the party to whom a feoffment is made; donee {donatoriits,) the party who receives a gift in tail; lessee, (Jirmarius,) the party to whom a lease is made, &c.

2 Bl, Com, 140, note (a).

Litt, sect.

67.

These words have long been in use, and many others have, in modem times, been constructed on the same principle, as obligee, vendee, drawee, and even promisee. Ee corresponds, in many cases, with the Latin termination— atus, and the French — e.