excuss

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verb

To shake off.

OriginLatin excussus →
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Meanings

verbexcuss (third-person singular simple present excusses, present participle excussing, simple past and past participle excussed)

present singular third person excusses · participle present excussing · participle past excussed · past excussed

  1. obsoleteTo shake off.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo examine (a document).
  3. obsoletetransitiveTo decipher.
  4. transitivelawTo seize and detain by law.
  5. lawTo proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.

    The surety claimed relief in terms of the beneficium excussionis, thus obliging the creditor to excuss against the principal debtor.

Origin

  1. Latinexcussus
  2. Englishexcuss

Borrowed from Latin excussus, past participle of excutere (“to shake off”).

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APA

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MLA

“excuss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excuss. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excuss,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excuss.

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