In the civil and old English law. A debtor.
Debitor non praesumitur donare. A debtor is not presumed to make a gift. Whatever disposition he makes of his property is supposed to be in satisfaction of his debts. 1 Karnes, Eq. 212. Where a debtor gives money or goods, or grants land to his creditor, the natural presumption is that he means to get free from his obligation, and not to make a present, unless donation be expressed. Ersk. Inst. 3, 3, 93.
Debitorum pactionibus creditorum petitio nec tolli nec minui potest. 1 Poth. Obi. 108; Broom, Ma(x. 697. The rights of creditors can neither be taken away nor diminished by agreements among the debtors.