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excuss - What does it mean?

Definition of 'excuss'

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To shake off.
  • To examine (a document).
  • To decipher.
  • (legal) To seize and detain by law.
  • (legal) 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.

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