Wharton's Law Lexicon, 9th edition, 1892 says: "Portioner, a minister
who serves a benefice, together with others, so called because he has
only a portion of the tithes or profits of a living; also an allowance
which a vicar commonly has out of a rectory or impropriation.
Wharton's Law Lexicon is, of course, a work about English law and is
probably irrelevant. But I thought that it might add to the confusion.
>Sorbitor - haven't a clue. Is there any chance of a misreading-
>something like servitor?
My money is on this one! Wharton does not have the word. If the word
really is "sorbitor" then, as Scottish Law was more in touch with Roman
law than English Law, I wonder if it comes from some sort of Latin root
like "absorption", which comes from absorbere?
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Frank Sharman
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