Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CES'SOR
CES'SOR, n. [L. cesso, to cease.]
- In law, he that neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. [See Cessavit.] – Cowel.
- An assessor, or taxer.
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