Legal Definition and Related Resources of Debitor

One against whom another possesses a personal right ; one that can be compelled to perform an obligation. (Roman law.)

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Concept of “Debitor”

Traditional meaning of debitor in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A debtor. Debitorum pactionibus creditorum petitio nec tolli nec minui potest: a claim of creditors can neither be lost nor modified through agreements made among debtors.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Debitor”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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