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Meaning of excuss | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To shake off.
    obsolete
  2. To examine (a document).
    obsolete, transitive
  3. To decipher.
    obsolete, transitive
  4. To seize and detain by law.
    transitive
  5. To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.

Examples

“The surety claimed relief in terms of the beneficium excussionis, thus obliging the creditor to excuss against the principal debtor.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

excussed excusses excussing excycloduct excyst excysted

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