Captor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Captor \Cap"tor\, n. [L., a cather (of animals), fr. caper to
     take.]
     One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a
     prize.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  captor
       n : a person who captures and holds people or animals [syn: {capturer}]
           [ant: {liberator}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CAPTOR, war. One who has taken property from an enemy; this term is also  
  employed to designate one who has taken an enemy. 
       2. Formerly, goods taken in war were adjudged to belong to the captor; 
  they are now considered to vest primarily, in the state or sovereign, and 
  belong to the individual captors only to the extent that the municipal laws 
  provide. 
       3. Captors are responsible to the owners of the property for all losses 
  and damages, when the capture is tortious and without reasonable cause in 
  the exercise of belligerent rights. But if the capture is originally 
  justifiable, the captors will not be responsible, unless by subsequent 
  misconduct they become trespassers ab initio. i Rob. R. 93, 96. See 2 Gall. 
  374; 1 Gall. 274; 1 Pet. Adm. Dee. 116; 1 Mason, R. 14.