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Conqueror

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

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English and Scots law. The estate; he who brought it into the family

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In old pleading. I complain. Conqueror quod talis mihi injuste detinet — ialem rem; 1 complain that such a one unjustly detains from me such a thing. An old form of declaring. Bract. fol. 102 b. Si tenens conqueratur; if the tenant complain. Id. fol. 156 b. Oonquerentes; plaintiffs, parties complainil^. StaL Marlhr. c. 80.