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excussio

American  
[ek-skuhsh-ee-oh] / ɛkˈskʌʃ iˌoʊ /

noun

Civil Law.

  1. the exhausting of every remedy against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety.

Etymology

Origin of excussio

< Late Latin excussiō. See excuss, -ion

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