Essoiniator
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or ESSOINEOUR. An essioner. One who was sent to present an excuse for another. 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 116, 118.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A person who made an essoin.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A person who made an essoin. Est aliquid quod non oportet etiam si licet; guicquid vero non licset certe non oportet. Hob. 159. There is that which is not proper, even though permitted; but whatever is not permitted is certainly not proper.