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viator

(vaɪˈeɪtɔː)
n, pl viatores (ˌvaɪəˈtɔːriːz)
rare a traveller
[C16: from Latin, from viāre to travel]
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``Pax vobiscum,'' reiterated the Jester, ``I am a poor servant of St Francis, who, travelling through this wilderness, have fallen among thieves, (as Scripture hath it,) quidam viator incidit in latrones, which thieves have sent me unto this castle in order to do my ghostly office on two persons condemned by your honourable justice.''
"That there did exist a certain compactum, or agreement, between Obed Batt, M.D., and Ishmael Bush, viator, or erratic husbandman," he said, endeavouring to avoid all offence in the use of terms, "I am not disposed to deny.
Viators "refuse to lose" attitude to charge of the game down the stretch.
Viators Kevin Murphy came up with a huge offensive rebound off a missed free throw which led to Hernandez scoring on a drive for a 67-63 lead with 32 seconds left.
Florida law requires viatical settlement providers or brokers to provide specific information to viators before entering into a viatical settlement contract.
The owner of that policy, defined in the act as the "viator," sells the policy to a buyer, defined in the act as a "viatical settlement provider," pursuant to a written contract for sale defined in the act as a "viatical settlement contract." In Florida, all viatical settlements close in escrow pending transfer of title to the life insurance policy to the new owner.
Most significant is the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act which exempts viators from paying federal income tax on these settlements if they are terminally or chronically ill.
The amount that the viator - the seller of the policy - receives depends upon his/her life expectancy.
By avoiding the payment of taxes, viators can finance additional medical care and meet living expenses for a longer period.
These new jumbo viaticals, sometimes called "high net worth transactions" or "senior settlements," are touted as a form of estate planning to healthy older individuals who may willingly sacrifice a death benefit which is no longer needed to bear an estate tax burden, or who do not want to continue tying up their cash in high insurance premiums.(13) Caution is called for, however, as the healthy high net worth individual or key man may not qualify for the same favorable tax treatment that HIPAA affords to terminally ill and diseased viators.
Viators girls basketball team never led in the first half of Tuesdays nonconference game against visiting York at the Cahill Gymnasium.
Viators Connor Kochera hit a 3, Calvin followed with a deuce and Kochera hit another 3 for the 29-17 lead.