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PORTER Definition & Legal Meaning

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1. In old English law, this title was given to an oflicer of the courts who carried a rod or stall before the justices. 2. A person who keeps a gate or door; as the door-keeper of the houses of parliament. 3. One who carries or conveys parcels, luggage, etc., particularly from one place to another in the same town.

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