excussion

English

Etymology

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

Noun

excussion (countable and uncountable, plural excussions)

The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.
There has been excussion against the principal debtor, who has no assets. The creditor is therefore proceeding against the surety.

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Translations

credit process

Afrikaans: uitwinning
Finnish: menettely, jonka mukaan saatavat peritään ensin päävelalliselta (literally “procedure according to which claims are first recovered from the principal debtor”)
German: Vorausklage f
Swedish: process (sv) c

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