Expromissor
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. The person who alone becomes. bound for the debt of another, whether the latter were obligated or not. He differs from a surety, who is bound together with his principal. Dig. 12. 4. 4; Id. 16. 1. 13; Id. 24. 3. 64. 4; Id. 38. 1. 37. 8. EXPROMITTERE (Lat.)
In civil law. To undertake for another, with the view of becoming liable in his place. Calv. Lex.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. The person who alone becomes bound for the debt of another, whether the latter were obligated or not. He differs from a surety, who is bound together with his principal. Dig. 12. 4. 4; 16. 1. 13; 24. 3. 64. 4; 38. 1. 37. 8.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In the civil law. One who other, discharging the first debtor, and liable in liis place.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil law. A person who assumes the debt of another, and becomes solely liable for it, by a stipulation with the creditor. He differs from a surety, inasmuch as this contract is one of novation, while a surety is jointly liable with his principal. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 538.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from expromittere, q. v.] In the civil law. One who assumes the debt of another, discharging the first debtor, and making himself originally liable in his place; one who was substituted as a debtor by the process of delegatio, (q. v.) Inst. 2. 1. 41. Dig. 12. 4. 4. Heinecc. El. Jur. Civ. lib. 3, tit. 30, § 1015. Calv. Lex. Jur.