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SHERIFF |
Court officer |
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MACER |
A mace bearer; an officer of a court. |
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FEODARY |
An ancient officer of the court of wards. |
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DATARY |
An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the
Dataria. |
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APPARITOR |
A messenger or officer who serves the process of an
ecclesiastical court. |
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CURSITOR |
An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to
make out original writs. |
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GAVEL |
The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body,
public assembly, court, masonic body, etc. |
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RETURN |
The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or
execution, to the proper officer or court. |
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DEMSTER |
An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or
sentence pronounced by the court. |
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ARCHCHANCELLOR |
A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German
empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court. |
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ALLOCATUR |
"Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of
a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial
officer. |
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EXIGENTER |
An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas
whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. |
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CRIER |
An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a
court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a
town-crier. |
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FILACER |
A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; --
so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. |
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APPOSER |
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions.
Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the
sheriffs' accounts. |
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SUMMONER |
One who summons; one who cites by authority;
specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to
appear in court; an apparitor. |
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BASTON |
An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in
attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed
by the court. |
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HARBINGER |
One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of
the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when
traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. |
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CHAMBERLAIN |
An officer having the direction and management of the
private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the
high officers of a court. |
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BAIL |
The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner
from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming
surely for his appearance in court. |
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FOREJUDGE |
To expel from court for some offense or misconduct,
as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the
judgment of a court. |
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RESIDENCY |
A political agency at a native court in British India,
held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony
or province in the East Indies. |
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EXHIBIT |
To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in
course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal
form; to bring, as a charge. |
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REFERENCE |
The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a
cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain
facts and report to the court. |
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MAYOR |
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer
of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city
court of which the major is chief judge. |