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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

One promising to pay another’s debt.

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

In the civil law. One who, by a simple agreement, becomes responsible for the payment of another's debt

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.