Legal Definition and Related Resources of Auctor
Meaning of Auctor
In Roman Law. An auctioneer. In auction sales, a spear was fixed upright in the forum, besides which the seller took his stand; hence goods thus sold were said to be sold sub hasta under the spear. The catalogue of goods was on tablets called auetionwriae. In Old French Law. A plaintiff. See “Actor.”
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Concept of “Auctor”
Traditional meaning of auctor in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) A plaintiff; a principal; a vendor; an auctioneer.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Auctor”, 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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