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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Institor, n. [e.m.E. (1657).] ‘The person to whom the immediate management of any manufactory, shop, or undertaking was committed.’ (Bell). —1681 Stair Inst. i. xii. § 19.
Such institors are these who are intrusted with keeping of shops, buying or selling of ware [etc.] Ib.
But our custom hath not so fully owned the Roman law as to institors as it has to exercitors
