English Explanatory Dictionary

cessor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to have the writ of cessavit brought against him.
noun
  1. One who determined the amount of a cess; an assessor.

Word forms

cessor cessors

Etymology

From cess (“to cease to perform a legal duty”) + -or.

Related words

cesser cesseth
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