Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, a person to whom surrendered land is granted; the cestui que use; one to whom a surrender is made. Also called, in English common law, nominee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) The person to whom a surrender is made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The person to whom a
surrender is made.
Etymologies
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surrender + -ee
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Examples
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In a press release of Philippine Information Agency, the surrenderee was identified as communist terrorist Michael Meñoza Aligato aka Neil or Ben, a native of Barangay Sagkahan, Kananga, Leyte, First Lieutenant Gabriel Aranez, spokesman of the 19th Infantry Battalion.
Philippines Social Integration Program draws insurgents back into folds of law 2009
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