excuss

Etymology
Borrowed from, past participle of.

Verb

 * 1)  To shake off.
 * 2)  To examine (a document).
 * 3)  To decipher.
 * 4)  To seize and detain by law.
 * 5)  To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.
 * The surety claimed relief in terms of the beneficium excussionis, thus obliging the creditor to excuss against the principal debtor.

Translations

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