debtor (detor)

[Early mod. E. detter; tor, I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians. IMG:content-2139.png:[blocks in formation] In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his cred Mitford. it or. Debtor exchanges. See clearing - house. - Debtors Act, an English statute of 1869 (32 and 33 Vict., c. 62) abolish ing imprisonment for debt, with certain exceptions, and punishing fraudulent debtors. It was extended to re 1872 36 Vict., c. 57), and to Scotland in 1880 (43 and 44 Vict., c. 34). Such a statute in the United States is commonly called an insolvent law or a poor-law act.-Debtor side of an account, the part of an account in which debts are charged. See debit. - Judgment debtor, a debtor by force of a judgment; one who has been adjudged to be indebted to another by a recovery in favor of the latter; one whose indebtedne has been sued on, and established by a judgment. - Poor debtor, one who, imprisoned in a civil action for debt, is entitled under the laws of several States to be discharged, after a short period, on proof of poverty, etc. - Poor debtor's oath, the oath of poverty, etc., taken to secure a discharge when imprisoned for debt. debur set (dē-bèrs'), v. [F. debourser, disburse, II. in trans. To pay money; make disbursement. But if so chance thou get nought of the man, The widow may for all thy charge deburse . Wyatt, How to Use the Court.