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† comˈprisor, -er Obs. rare.
[f. comprise v. + -er1: the form -or, -our, in the suffix is by association with words from Fr. or Latin.]
1. Sc. Law. One who ‘comprises’ or attaches the land or goods of another. (See comprise 1.)
c1575Sir J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 40 Gif the Officiar..apprehend the said gudis and geir..and be certane comprysouris sworn to that effect, lauchfullie poindis and comprysis the samin. 1621Sc. Acts Jas VI, c. 6 ⁋1 The compriser hath right to the mailes, duties, and profites of the Landes. 1673Court Bk. in Archæol. Coll. Ayr & Wigtoun (1884) IV. 109 (Jam. Supp.) Arthure Bryce, one of the compriseris thereof, being personallie present, declares the said skaith to his judgements wes..tuentie two shilling.
2. One who composes (a treatise); an author. (See comprise 7.)
1627Feltham Resolves i. i, If I bee corrupted by them [idle Books], the Comprisor of them is mediately a cause of my ill. |