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Institor

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A factor; a broker; an agent.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In the civil law. A clerk in a store; an agent.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Z.

In the civil law. A person put in charge of a shop, with authority to buy and sell; a person having charge of buying or selling, at no particular place; a person entrusted with the transaction of any particular business.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

civil law. A person to whom the immediate management of any manufactory, ship, or undertaking was committed. A mercantile consignee or factor, is in this sense an institor.