Principalis
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(Lat. from princeps, first or chief). In civil and old English law. Principal; a principal debtor. Principalis debitor. Fleta, lib.
2, c. 63, §5.
Called capitalis debitor (chief debtor). Id. PRINCIPALIS DEBET SEMPER EXCUTI antequam perveniatur ad fidel jussores. The principal should always be exhausted before coming upon the sureties.
2 Inst. 19.
PRINCIPIA DATA SEQUUNTUR CON-