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mǒḥtāl (pass. part. of احتال , viii of (and syn. with) حال (for حول ) 'to practise evasion, or an artifice,' etc.), adj. & s.m. Artful, crafty, subtle, insidious;—an artful or crafty person; a deceiver;—(in Law) a person who accepts the responsibility of one person for his claim upon another:—mǒḥṭāl ‘alai-hi, The person to whom the responsibility for a debt or claim was transferred.
Origin: Arabic