Definition of "absolvitor" in Englisch

noun

1. (Scots law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.

   • Pitmedden purſues Seaton of Menzies as Repreſenting his Father, who was one of the Purſuers Brothers Tutors, for his Fathers Intromiſſion with the Pupils Means, who alleadged Abſolvitor.