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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cedent, n. [L. cēdent-, cēdens, pr. p. of cēdere.] One who cedes or assigns property to another. 1592 Acts III. 574/2.
That na assignatioun … salbe a valiable title … , gif it salbe … verifiet be wreit that the cedent remanis rebell 1611 Montgomery Mem. 255.
To rais letteris and sute execution aganis him … at my instance as cedent 1631 Durie Decisions (1690) 607.
The order of redemption … being used by the cedent, the excipient quarrelled the order 1662 Decis. Lords G. 27.
Certain bonds owing to Alexander Douglass writer, and others his cedents 1676 Corshill Baron Ct. 135.
The soum … addebtit be him to Iohn Wyllie his brother and cedent