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Resignar, -er, n. [Resing v. Cf. e.m.E. resignor (Cotgrave, glossing Ital. risegnatore).] One who resigns, in sense 1 of Resing v. = Resignant n. — 1555 Acts II 494/1.
That the instrument thairof be seilit with the seill of the resignar 1557 Aberd. B. Rec. I 302.
To be … gevin to the resignaris and ourgewaris forsaidis 1578 Prot. Bk. A. Millar 40b.
The … baillie … at the speciall command of Johne Bowman resignar gaif heretable … sesing … off … the said coitland a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 167 (see Resignat(i)o(u)n(e n. (2).
Resigner