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Definition of Captor

1. Noun. A person who captures and holds people or animals.

Definition of Captor

1. n. One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

Definition of Captor

1. Noun. One who is holding a captive or captives. ¹

2. Noun. One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Captor

1. one who takes or holds a captive [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Captor

Literary usage of Captor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"II. the control of the captor, whose possession is considered as that of his sovereign (,y). c 333 This jurisdiction of the national courts of the captor, ..."

2. The Elements of International Law: With an Account of Its Origin, Sources by George Breckenridge Davis, Gordon Edward Sherman (1915)
"As the capture is made on its authority and upon its responsibility, the title to the captured property first vests in the captor's government, ..."

3. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"The reason of this rule is based upon the responsibility which the law of nations imposes upon the government of the captor in case of unlawful condemnation ..."

4. Halleck's International Law: Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States by Henry Wager Halleck, Sherston Baker (1878)
"The validity of a maritime capture must be determine; / by a prize-court of the government of the captor, and cannot | be adjudicated by the court of any ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1910)
"Moreover, if the captor is in a place of • Ii. ed. safety, where he may be secure of his prize, yet is desirous to have the cargo carried to some other port ..."

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