Debitor

I. A debtor. Debitor Intelligatiir Is a quo invito exijji pccunia potest: a debtor may be understood to be one from whom money may be exacted against his will. Debitor non prsesumitnr douare: a debtor is not presumed to make a gift; whatever disposition he makes of his property is supposed to be in satisfaction of his debts. Debitorum pactiouibus creditorura petitio nee tolli iicc minui potest: a claim of creditors can neither be lost nor modified through agreements made among debtors.

/. A debtor. Debitorum pactionibus creditorum petitio nee telli nee minui potest: a claim of creditors can neither be lost nor modified through agreements made among debtors.

Lat. [from debere, to owe.] A debtor. Debitor intelligatur is a quo invito exigi pecunia potest; a debtor may be understood to be one from whom money may be exacted against his will. Dig. 50. 16. 108. Debitor non praesumitur donare. A debtor is not presumed to make a gift. Whatever disposition he makes of his property is supposed to be in satisfaction of his debts. 1 Kames' Equity, 212. Where a debtor gives money or goods, or grants bond to his creditor, the natural presumption is that he means to get free from his obligation, and not to make a present, unless donation be expressed. Ersk. Inst. b. 3, tit. 3, § 93.