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Webster 1913 Edition

Cessor

Ces′sor

,
Noun.
[From
Cess
,
Verb.
I.
Cf.
Cesser
.]
(Law)
One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See
Cessavit
.
Cowell.

Ces′sor

,
Noun.
[From
Cess
,
Verb.
T.
]
An assessor.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Cessor

CESSOR

,
Noun.
1.
In law, he that neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. [See Cessavit.]
2.
An assessor, or taxer.

Definition 2024

cessor

cessor

English

Noun

cessor ‎(plural cessors)

  1. (law) 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.
  2. (obsolete) One who determined the amount of a cess; an assessor.

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This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.

Latin

Verb

cessor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cessō

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