remitter

[ ri-mit-er ]

noun
  1. Law.

    • the principle or operation by which a person who enters on an estate by a defective title, and who previously had an earlier and more valid title to it, is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one.

    • the act of remitting a case to another court for decision.

  2. restoration, as to a former right or condition.

  1. Also re·mit·tor. a person or company that remits or makes a remittance.

Origin of remitter

1
First recorded in 1535–45; remit + -er3

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remitter

/ (rɪˈmɪtə) /


noun
  1. Also: remittor a person who remits

  2. property law the principle by which a person out of possession of land to which he or she had a good title is adjudged to regain this when he or she again enters into possession of the land

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