cum onere debitorum defuncti (k[schwa]m on-[schwa]r-ee deb-i-tor-[schwa]m di-f[schwa]ngk-tI). [Latin] Hist. With the burden of the decedent’s debts. • The phrase appeared in reference to an heir’s position after entering a succession.
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debitor (deb-i-tor), n. Roman law. Someone who has a legal obligation to someone else. Cf. CREDITOR(1). Pl. debitores.
nomina debitorum (nahm-[schwa]-n[schwa] deb-i-tor-[schwa]m). [Latin “entries (in a ledger) of names of debtors”] Roman law. Records of debt. See NOMEN TRANSCRIPTICIUM.
de debitore in partes secando (dee deb-i-tor-ee in pahr-teez si-kan-doh). [Latin “of cutting a debtor in pieces”] Roman law. The title of a law in the Twelve Tables, meaning either literally to cut a debtor into pieces or merely to divide the debtor’s estate. See TWELVE TABLES. “DE DEBITORE IN PARTES SECANDO…. [S]ome writers contending
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debitor non praesumitur donare (deb-i-tor non pri-zyoo-mi-tur doh-nair-ee), n. [Law Latin “a debtor is not presumed to make a gift”] Hist. The presumption that any payment from a debtor is intended to satisfy the debt, unless the disposition clearly shows the debtor’s intent to make a donation.
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invito debitore (in-vI-toh deb-i-tor-ee). [Latin] Roman law. Without the consent of a debtor. • A creditor could assign and a third party could pay a debt invito debitore.
ex mora debitoris (eks mor-[schwa] deb-i-tor-is). [Latin] Hist. On account of the debtor’s delay. • The phrase appeared in reference to a basis for charging interest on a debt.
debitorem locupletem esse (deb-i-tor-[schwa]m lok-yoo-plee-t[schwa]m es-ee). [Latin] Hist. That the debtor is solvent. • In assigning a debt, a creditor might sometimes warrant that the debtor had the money to pay it.
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