ANTITHETARIUS
\ˌantɪθɛtˈe͡əɹɪəs], \ˌantɪθɛtˈeəɹɪəs], \ˌa_n_t_ɪ_θ_ɛ_t_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\
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In old English law. A man who endeavors to discharge himself of the crime of which he is accused, by retorting the charge on the accuser. He differs from an approver in this: that the latter does not charge the accuser, but others. Jacob.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Old English law. The name given to a man who endeavors to discharge himself of the crime of which he is accused, by retorting the charge on the accuser. He differs from an approver (q, v.) in this, that the latter does not charge the accuser, but others. Jacob's Law Dict.
By John Bouvier
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