remitter

UK: /rɪˈmɪtə/ US: (ri mit′ər)

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re•mit•ter  (ri mit′ər), n. 

1. Law
   • the principle or operation by which a person who enters on an estate by a defective title, and who previously had an earlier and more valid title to it, is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one.
   • the act of remitting a case to another court for decision.
2. restoration, as to a former right or condition.
3. Economics Also, re•mit′tor. a person or company that remits or makes a remittance.

• remit + -er³ 1535–45

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remitter / rɪˈmɪtə/ noun

1. Also: remittor a person who remits
2. the principle by which a person out of possession of land to which he or she had a good title is adjudged to regain this when he or she again enters into possession of the land