[f. CONSIGN v. + -ER1.]
1. One who consigns, delivers over, or commits.
1655. H. Vaughan, Silex Scint., 194. My first consigner unto those Fountains of life.
1823. Lamb, Elia, Valentine’s Day (1860), 105. The consigner of undipt infants to eternal torments, Austin, whom all mothers hate.
2. Sc. Law. He who makes consignation of money in dispute.
1754. Erskine, Princ. Sc. Law (1809), 290. Though he should draw interest for it, he is liable in none to the consigner.
1861. W. Bell, Dict. Law Scot., s.v.
1869. Act 32–3 Vict., c. 116 § 7. Payment … by consignation thereof in the bank … to be made forthcoming at the peril of the consigner.
3. = CONSIGNOR.
1861. W. Bell, Dict. Law Scot., 221. The bankruptcy of either the consigner or the consignee may give occasion to questions of considerable difficulty … in regard to reputed ownership.
