Propositus

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  propositus
       n : the person immediately affected by or concerned with an
           action
       [also: {propositi} (pl)]

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



  PROPOSITUS. The person proposed. In making genealogical tables, the person 
  whose relations it is desirous to find out, is called the propositus.