remitter

English

Etymology

remit + -er (agent noun suffix), or in the legal sense + -er (action noun suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

remitter (plural remitters)

  1. One who remits, or makes remittance.
  2. One who pardons.
  3. (law) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right formerly held; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit[1]

References

  1. 1839. John Bouvier, Law Dictionary
  • remitter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

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