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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
One who determined the amount of a cess; an assessor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From cess (“to cease to perform a legal duty”) + -or.
From cess (“to determine the amount of a cess”) + -or.
