verb
Meaning 1
To shake off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
excuss
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verb
Meaning 2
To examine (a document).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To decipher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To seize and detain by law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
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verb
Meaning 5
To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- The surety claimed relief in terms of the beneficium excussionis, thus obliging the creditor to excuss against the principal debtor.
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin excussus, past participle of excutere (“to shake off”).