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fĭdĕprōmissor, ōris, m. [fidepromitto], jurid. t. t., a surety, bail: pro eo, qui promittit, solent alii obligari: quorum alios sponsores, alios fidepromissores, alios fidejussores appellamus. Sponsor ita interrogatur: IDEM DARE SPONDES? fidepro missor: IDEM FIDEPROMITTIS? fidejussor ita: IDEM FIDE TVA ESSE JVBES? etc., Gai. Inst. 3, § 115:
In another orthogr.: fidei promissor, πιστικελευστης, Gloss. Philox.