receiptor

[ri-see-ter]

noun

a person who receipts.

Law. a person to whom attached property is delivered for safekeeping in return for a bond to produce it when the litigation ends.

Origin of receiptor

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; receipt + -or²

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Examples from the Web for receiptor

Historical Examples of receiptor

The effect of a seal after the receiptor's name may be explained in this connection.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman
Albert Sidney Bolles

British Dictionary definitions for receiptor

receiptor

noun

mainly US a person who receipts

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