IN DURIOREM SORTEM

in duriorem sortem (in d[y]uur-ee-or-<<schwa>>m sor-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Civil law. To the debt that it was the debtor’s interest to have first discharged. • The phrase appeared in reference to a debt that bound the debtor most quickly or to which a penalty was imposed.

[Blacks Law 8th]