- abactor
- A cattle thief who takes in numbers.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
abactor
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abactor — |ô| s. m. Ladrão de gado. ‣ Etimologia: latim abactor, oris … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
Abactor — Ab*ac tor ( t[ e]r), n. [L., fr. abigere to drive away; ab + agere to drive.] (Law) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abactor — æbÉ™ ktÉ™(r) n. cattle thief … English contemporary dictionary
abactor — ab·ac·tor … English syllables
abactor — /aebaektar/ A stealer and driver away of cattle or beasts by herds or in great numbers at once, as distinguished from a person who steals a single animal or beast. Also called abigeus, q.v … Black's law dictionary
abactor — /aebaektar/ A stealer and driver away of cattle or beasts by herds or in great numbers at once, as distinguished from a person who steals a single animal or beast. Also called abigeus, q.v … Black's law dictionary
abactor — ˈaˌbaktə(r), ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin, literally, one that drives away, from Latin abactus (past participle of abigere to drive away, from ab ab (I) + igere, from agere to drive) + … Useful english dictionary
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abigeus — /abijiyas/ Lat. (Pl., abigei, or more rarely abigeatores.) In the civil law, a stealer of cattle; one who drove or drew away (subtraxit) cattle from their pastures, as horses or oxen from the herds, and made booty of them, and who followed this… … Black's law dictionary
abigeus — /abijiyas/ Lat. (Pl., abigei, or more rarely abigeatores.) In the civil law, a stealer of cattle; one who drove or drew away (subtraxit) cattle from their pastures, as horses or oxen from the herds, and made booty of them, and who followed this… … Black's law dictionary
