Constitutor
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. He who promised by a simple pact to pay the debt of another; and this is always a principal obligation. Inst. 4. 6. 9. CONSTITUTUM (Lat.) An agreement to pay a subsisting debt which exists without any stipulation, whether of the promisor or another party. It differs from a stipulation A day appointed for any pnrpose; a form of appeal. Calv. Lex. CONSTITUTUM ESSE EAM DOMUM unicuique nostrum debere existimari, ubi quisque sedes et tabulas haberet, suarumque rerun) constitutionem fecisset. It is settled that that is to be considered the home of each one of us where he may have his habitation and account books, and where he may have made an establishment of his business. Dig. 50. 16. 203.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. He who promised by a simple pact to pay the debt of another; and this is always a principal obligation. Inst 4. 6. 9. CONSTITUTUM (Lat). An agreement to pay a subsisting debt which exists without any stipulation, whether of the promisor or another party. It differs from a stipu- A day appointed for any purpose. A form of appeal. Calvinus, Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil law. One who, by a simple agreement, becomes responsible fur the payment of another’s debt.