Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In civil law, an agent; a factor; a steward.
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Examples
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The age and condition of the institor were immaterial.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The latter lies against a man who has appointed a slave to manage a shop or business, to recover any debt incurred in that business; it is called institoria, because a person appointed to manage a business is termed an institor.
The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891
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Non exorato stant adamante vias_; and many such pentameters as _Mundus demissis institor in tunicis; Candida purpureis mixta papaveribus_.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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