Excuss
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To seize and detain by law. EXCUSSIO (Lat.) In civil law. Exhaust ing the principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. Discussion is used in the same sense in Scotch law. Vicat, "Excusionis Beneficium."