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Webster 1913 Edition

Excuss

Ex-cuss′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
excussus
. p. p. of
excutere
to shake off;
ex
out, from +
quatere
to shake. Cf.
Quash
.]
1.
To shake off; to discard.
[R.]
To
excuss
the notation of a Geity out of their minds.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
2.
To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.
[R.]
To take some pains in excusing some old monuments.
F. Junius (1654).
3.
To seize and detain by law, as goods.
[Obs.]
Ayliffe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excuss

EXCUSS'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. excussus.] To shake off; also, to seize and detain by law. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

excuss

excuss

English

Verb

excuss ‎(third-person singular simple present excusss, present participle excussing, simple past and past participle excussed)

  1. To shake off.
  2. To examine (a document).
  3. To decipher.
  4. (law) To seize and detain by law.
  5. (law) To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.
    The surety claimed relief in terms of the beneficium excussionis, thus obliging the creditor to excuss against the principal debtor.

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References

  • excuss in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • excuss in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

Latin excussus (past participle of excutere ‎(“to shake off”)).

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