Legal Term: DEPOSITOR

Definition: contracts. He who makes a deposit. 2. He is generally entitled to receive the deposit from the depositary, but to this rule there are exceptions, as. when the depositor at the time of making the deposit had no title to the property deposited, and the owner claims it from the depositary, the depositor cannot recover it, and for this reason, that he can never be in a better situation than the owner. 1 Barn. & Ald. 450, 5 Taunt. 759. As to the place where the depositor is entitled to receive his deposit, see Story on Bailm. 117-120 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1063.

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