surrenderee Law.
(sərɛndəˈriː)
[f. prec. vb. + -ee.]
The person to whom an estate, etc. is surrendered: correlative to surrenderor.
| 1662 Hughes Abridgm. Law III. 1907/1 A Copyholder doth Surrender unto the use of a Stranger, for ever, and the Lord admits the Surrenderee to hold to him and his heirs. 1741 T. Robinson Gavelkind i. vi. 98 The Surrenderee died before Admittance. 1766 Blackstone Comm. ii. 326 The surrenderor must be in possession; and the surrenderee must have a higher estate, in which the estate surrendered may merge. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 390/1 A devisee or surrenderee of copyholds. 1875 Poste Gaius i. §169 The surrenderee of a guardianship is called a cessionary guardian. |