fidepromissor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fĭdĕprōmissor, ōris, m. [fidepromitto], jurid. t. t.,

a surety , bail : pro eo, qui promittit, solent alii obligari: quorum alios sponsores, alios fidepromissores, alios fidejussores appellamus. Sponsor ita interrogatur: IDEM DARE SPONDES? fidepro missor: IDEM FIDEPROMITTIS? fidejussor ita: IDEM FIDE TVA ESSE JVBES? etc., Gai. Inst. 3, § 115:—In another orthogr.: fidei promissor, πιστικελευστής, Gloss. Philox.