Phrase guide

correus debendi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: kŏʹrĭəs dĭbĕnʹdī
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹɪəs dɪˈbɛndaɪ/

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noun

Meaning 1

A person jointly liable for a debt with another or others; a correal debtor; a codebtor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

Examples

  • 1668, July 3(1) and December 19(2), James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houstoun”(1) and “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies”(2) in The Decisions of the Lords of Council & Session I (Edinburgh, 1683), pages 548(2) and 575(2) (1) He Suspends on these Reasons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Discharge to Adam Mushet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Discharged Mushet, and consequently Houstoun his Partner. (2) The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Discharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguish the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and consequently of all the rest, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Discharged as to one, and stand as to all the rest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in 1668, in the singular on July 3rd and in the plural on December 19th; Latin: correus (“partaker in guilt”, “co-defendant”) + dēbendī (“of that which is to be owed”, the genitive singular of the neuter substantive of the future passive participle of dēbeō, “I owe”) = “one jointly liable for something owed”.