In English law. An excuser.
In old German law. A defendant; he who utterly denies the plaintiff’s claim. Du Cange.
Excusatur quis quod elameum non opposuerit, ut si to to tempore litigii fnit ultra mare quacunque occasione. Co. Litt. 260. He is excused who does not bring his claim, if, during the whole period in which it ought to have been brought, he has been beyond sea for any reason.