Instirpare

To establish. INSTITOR (Lat.)

In civil law. A clerk in a store; an agent. He was so called because he watched over the business with which he was charged; and it is immaterial whether he was employed in making a sale in the store, or whether charged with any other business. Institor appellatus est ex eo, quod negotio gerendo instet; nee multum facit tabernae sit praepositus, am, cuilibet alii negotiationi. Dig. 14. 3, 1. 3. Mr. Bell says that the charge given to a clerk to manage a store or shop is called "institorial power." 1 Bell, Comra. (5th Ed.) 479; Ersk. Inst. 3. 3. 46; 1 Stair, Inst, (by Brodie) bk. 1, tit. 11, §§ 12, 18, 19; Story, Ag. § 8. INSTITORIA ACTIO (Lat.)

In the civil law. The name of an action given to those who had contracted with an institor (q. v.)

To plant or establish