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subtractor

subtractor [CL subtrahere+-tor], one who removes, takes away, withdraws, or withholds. 1336 nos ‥ ~ores navium predictarum ac mandati nostri contemptores puniri volentes RScot 451a; 1352 si quis vestrum hujusmodi colleccionis detentor fuerit vel ~or pro tanto excessu condempnabitur Fabr. York 168; 1425 vobis mandamus quatinus omnes et singulos bonorum hujusmodi detentores, ~ores, occupatores et concelatores ‥ moneatis ‥ quod infra xv dierum spacium ‥ omnia et singula sicut premittitur subtracta, alienata, et concelata ‥ vobis reddant, restituant, et revelent Reg. Cant. II 304.

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