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Definition of Pursuer

1. Noun. A person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture. "Always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers"

2. Noun. A person who pursues some plan or goal. "A pursuer of truth"

Definition of Pursuer

1. n. One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.

Definition of Pursuer

1. Noun. One who pursues. ¹

2. Noun. (Scotland legal) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pursuer

1. one that pursues [n -S] - See also: pursues

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pursuer

purslane speedwell purslanes pursuable pursual pursuals pursuance pursuances pursuant pursuant(p) pursuantly

pursuaunt pursue pursued pursuee pursuees pursuer (current term) pursuers pursues pursuest pursueth

pursuing pursuingly pursuings pursuit pursuite pursuiter pursuites pursuits pursuivant pursuivants

Literary usage of Pursuer

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

1. The Scots Law Times by Scotland Land Court (1893)
"It is for payment of this sum that the pursuer, on 6th No- v. ... The answer which the defenders make to the pursuer's demand for payment of the foregoing ..."

2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"—To act on behalf of the administrative body of the territory for which he serves, in cases where the pursuer-general is engaged on the other side: but this ..."

3. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"But such actions of exhibition as are intended for the sole purpose of forcing the production of writings for serving a special purpose of the pursuer, ..."

4. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1835)
"tie pursuer had gone to bed, and Lad her door bolted, and that ou those oc-n ' TT~ to procure a light or a glass of water ; that on some of these occasions, ..."

5. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1857)
"The pursuer repeatedly applied to the defender, and represented the grievous ... The defender so guaranteed the pursuer in writing, by letter dated 10th ..."

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