(v. i.) One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit.
(v. t.) An assessor.
Example Sentences:
(1) His suc cessors decided otherwise, embracing capitalism and the free market, but with arguable benefits to the country.
Lessor
Definition:
(v. t.) One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease.
Example Sentences:
(1) The predominant metabolite of folic acid is the pentaglutamate conjugate (85%), with lessor amounts of the tetraglutamate (approximately 9%) and hexaglutamate (approximately 3%), and trace (less than 2.5%) amounts of di-, tri- and hepta-glutamate conjugates.
(2) Lessor selection and the importance of a professional working relationship between lessee and lessor also are explored.
(3) Fat-released IR-GIP augmented IRI levels to a lessor degree than either oral glucose or an infusion of porcine GIP.
(4) However, before agreeing to lease, the potential lessee should investigate the lessor's reputation and financial strength.
(5) Older respondents tended to view the younger healthy profile and to a lessor extent the younger-sick profile more positively than the older profiles, but the young and middle-aged respondents viewed the older profiles more positively than the younger profiles on all three dimensions of the scale.
(6) We have also secured major agreements with aircraft lessors and commitments on future investment from Greybull.
(7) Any chance of a lessor suspension seemed to be off the table following Rodriguez's comments on Friday night after his game with Trenton, which were said to have infuriated the MLB commissioner, Bud Selig.