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debitum in diem (deb-i-t<<schwa>>m in dI-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “a debt to a date”] Hist. A debt payable at a future date. • The phrase appeared in reference to a debt that is due but for which the time for payment had not yet arrived. See UBI DIES CESSIT, LICET NONDUM VENERIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

debitum  fructuum  (deb-i-t<<schwa>>m  fr<<schwa>>k-choo-<<schwa>>m).  [Law  Latin] Hist. A debt upon the  fruits; that is, a  debt from the  fruit of the land,  not from  the land itself. • Tithes, for example, were usu. payable debitum fructuum. [Blacks Law 8th]

debit sans breve.See DEBET SINE BREVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

debitrix (deb-<<schwa>>-triks), n.[Latin] Archaic. Civil law. A female debtor. [Blacks Law 8th]

debito tempore (deb-i-toh tem-p<<schwa>>-ree). [Latin] Hist. In due time. [Blacks Law 8th]

debitor non praesumitur donare (deb-i-tor non pri-zyoo-mi-tur doh-nair-ee), n.[Law Latin “a debtor is not presumed to make a gift”] Hist. The presumption that any payment from a debtor is intended  to  satisfy  the  debt,  unless  the  disposition  clearly  shows  the  debtor’s  intent  to  make  a donation. [Blacks Law 8th]

debitorem   locupletem   esse   (deb-i-tor-<<schwa>>m   lok-yoo-plee-t<<schwa>>m   es-ee). [Latin] Hist. That the debtor is solvent. • In assigning a debt, a creditor might sometimes warrant that the debtor had the money to pay it. [Blacks Law 8th]

debitor (deb-i-tor), n. Roman law. Someone who has a legal obligation to someone else. Cf. CREDITOR(1). Pl. debitores. [Blacks Law 8th]

debiti et crediti contributio (deb-i-tI et kred-i-tI kon-tri-byoo-shee-oh). [Law Latin] Civil law. A balancing of debit and credit. • The phrase appeared in reference to setoff. [Blacks Law 8th]

debit card.A card used to pay for purchases by electronic transfer from the purchaser’s bank account. Cf. CREDIT CARD. [Blacks Law 8th]