Rescussor
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The party making a rescue is sometimes so called; but more properly he is a "rescuer." RESCUSSUS (Law Lat; from Law Fr. rescous).
In old English law. Rescue; forcible liberation or release. Spelman. RESCUTERE (Law Lat.)
In old English law. To rescue. Rescussit, he rescued. Reg. Orig. 117; 3 P. Wms. 484. Rescusserunt, they rescued. Reg. Orig. 118. RESCYT (Law Pr.) Resceit; receipt; the receiving or harboring a felon, after the commission of crime. Britt. c. 23. RESEANTISA (Law Lat.; from Law Fr. reseance).
In old English and Scotch law. Residence. Pleta, lib. 6, c. 3, §2; Spelman. RESEISER (Law Lat. reseisire).
In old English law. A taking back of seisin. A taking again of lands into the hands of the king, whereof a general livery or ouster le main was formerly issued, contrary to the form and order of law. Staundf. Pr. Reg. 26; Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The party making a rescue Biles v. R. Co., 5 Wash. 509, 32 Pac. 211; a is sometimes so called; but more properly right of fishing; IJ. S. v. Winans, 198 U. S. he is a rescuer. 371, 25 Sup. Ct. 662, 49 L. Ed. 1089; a ground rent, in Pennsylvania, and of many other
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I.
In old English law. A rescuer; one who commits a rescous.