promisor

American  

[prom-uh-sawr, prom-uh-sawr] / ˌprɒm əˈsɔr, ˈprɒm əˌsɔr /

noun

Law.

1. a person who makes a promise.

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promisor British  

/ ˌprɒmɪˈsɔː, ˈprɒmɪˌsɔː /

noun

1. contract law a person who makes a promise Compare promisee

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Etymology

Origin of promisor

First recorded in 1840–50; promise + -or ²

Example Sentences

The consequences are the same in kind whether the promise is that it shall rain, or that another man shall paint a picture, or that the promisor will deliver a bale of cotton.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The second stage was when the doctrine of consideration was introduced in its earlier form of a benefit to the promisor.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The Austrian code of 1811 presumed a causa, requiring a promisor to prove there was none.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe

The oldest cases, going on the notion of benefit to the promisor, said that it could not be, for it was a trouble, not a benefit.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Such a stipulation as this, though in its terms absolute, implies a condition that enough time shall be allowed to the promisor to enable him to pay the money at Carthage.

From The Institutes of Justinian by Moyle, John Baron