An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England and summon offenders. Cowell. In the civil law. An officer who waited upon a magistrate or superior officer, and executed his commands. Calvin; Cod. 12, 53-57.
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An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England and summon offenders. Cowell. In the civil law. An officer who waited upon a magistrate or superior officer, and executed his commands. Calvin; Cod. 12, 53-57.
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