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expromissor Civil Law.|ɛksprəʊˈmɪsə(r)|
Also 8 expromissar.
[a. L. exprōmissor, agent-n. f. exprōmittĕre to promise to pay, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + prōmittĕre to promise.]
One who promises to pay; spec. one who unconditionally undertakes the debt of another, so as to become the principal debtor in his stead; distinguished from a ‘surety’ or ‘bail’.
1695S. Lobb Let. Dr. Bates 12 You distinguish between the Covenant of Grace, and the Covenant of Redemption, and grant Christ to be a Surety in the One and an Expromissor in the other. 1775Ash, Expromissar. 1818Colebrooke Treat. Oblig. & Contracts I. 211 The ex-promissor, who is to undertake the debt. 1875Poste Gaius iii. Comm. (ed. 2) 406 A woman does not, like an Expromissor, discharge a pre-existing obligation. |