Definition of Antithetarius | OpenJurist

Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

Antithetarius

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
One seeking to escape punishment for a crime by charging his accuser therewith.
Antithetarius

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
In Old English law. A man who endeavors to discharge himself of the crime of which he is accused, by retorting the charge on the accuser. He differs from an approver in this: that the latter does not charge the accuser, but others. Jacob.