warrantor

[ wawr-uhn-tawr, -ter, wor- ]

noun

1. a person who warrants or makes a warranty.

warrantor

/ ˈwɒrənˌtɔː /

noun

1. an individual or company that provides a warranty

Word History and Origins

Origin of warrantor¹

First recorded in 1675–85; warrant + -or ²

Example Sentences

Every man shall have a warrantor to his market transactions and no one shall buy and sell except in a market town; but he shall have the witness of the portreeve or of other men of credit, who can be trusted.

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For the sale of ancient chattels, there must be a surety and a warrantor.

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If the tenant in court vouched another to warranty, such as the lord to whom he paid homage, that warrantor would stand in his place in the proceedings.

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If the warrantor lost, he would have to give to his vassal equivalent land in exchange.

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The progress of the suit was controlled at crucial points by precisely formulated writs to the sheriff, instructing him for instance, to put the disputed property under royal protection pending a decision, to impanel an assize and have it view the property in advance of the justices' arrival, to ascertain a point of fact material to the plea, or to summon a 'warrantor' to support a claim by the defendant.

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