What is "remitter"

Remitter \Re*mit"ter\ (-t?r), n.

1. One who remits. Specifically:

   1. One who pardons.

   2. One who makes remittance.

2. (Law) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit.
   --Bouvier.

1540s, a legal principle, from Old French remitter, noun use of infinitive, from Latin remittere "send back" (see remit). For legalese noun use of French infinitives, see waiver.

n. 1 One who remits, or makes remittance. 2 One who pardons. 3 (context legal English) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right formerly held; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit.