cautioner

noun — 2 senses

cautioner

noun

Etymology From caution + -er.

1

A person who cautions.

2

Scotland A surety.

Fourteen Days are only allowed for Sists of Execution, from the Date the Bill was signed, for the Clerks inquiring in the Condition of the Cautioner […]1693, James Dalrymple Stair, The institutions of the law of Scotland, page 755:

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