warrantorn.
/ˌwɒrənˈtɔː/, /ˌwɒrn̩ˈtɔː/, /ˈwɒrəntɔː/, /ˈwɒrn̩tɔː/, /ˈwɒrəntə/, /ˈwɒrn̩tə/, U.S. /ˈwɔrən(t)ər/ 1. Law. One who gives warranty.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > warranty of security of title > one who gives warranty of title
warrantor1685
warranter1706
1685 Les Termes de la Ley 419 at Garranty It behoves that every Warranty, whereby the Heir shall be barred, discend by course of the Common Law to him who is Heir to the Warrantor.
1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent i. vi. 123 If Land warranted comes to a younger Brother by Borough-English or Gavelkind, he is without Remedy against the Warrantor.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xxx. 470 Each indorsor is a warrantor for the payment of the bill.
1863 A. J. Horwood Yearbks. 30 & 31 Edward I Pref. 32 The liability of a warrantor when the purchaser of land has erected a building on the land warranted.
1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) ii. 78 Upon the acceptance of the warrantor the suit as to the title to the chattel proceeded between the claimant and the warrantor.
1911 Times 16 Feb. 4/5 The right to appear of ordinary warrantors in cases in which action was taken..did not apply.
2. gen. = warranter n. 1. rare.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor
borrowa1000
festermanOE
inborghc1175
pledge1348
surety1428
warrant1478
soverty1517
creditor1523
cautionerc1565
warranter1583
caution1586
warranty1586
security1600
stipulator1610
engager1611
pawner1611
undertaker1616
bond1632
ensurer1654
cautionary1655
security man1662
voucher1667
warrantee1668
respondent1672
guarand1674
guarantee1679
guaranty1684
hypothecator1828
warrantor1850
guarantor1853
1850 in A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (1877) VI. ix. 371 As the warrantor of what an Englishman means when he says he insists on ‘fair play’.
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