Aldermannus

In Lat. An aider-man, q. v.

— Aldermannns civitatis vel burgi. Alderman of a city or borough, from which the modem office or alderman has been derived. T. Raym. 435, 487.

— Aldermannns comitatus. The alderman of the county. According to Spelman, he held an office intermediate between that of an earl and a sheriff. According to other authorities, he was the same as the earl. 1 Bl. Comm. 116.

— Aldermannns hnndredi sen wapentaehii. Alderman of a hundred or wapentake. Spelman.

— Aldermannns regis. Alderman of the king. So called, either because he received his appointment from the king or because he gave the judgment of the king in the premises allotted to him.

— Alderman's totins Angliæ. Alderman of all England. An officer among the Anglo-Saxons, supposed by Spelman to be the same with the chief justiciary of England in later times. Spelman.

Lat.

In old English law. An alderman. Aldermannus civitatis vel burgi: alderman of a city or borough; the original of the modern office. Aldermannus comitatus: alderman of the county; an officer of high distinction among the Saxons, supposed to have been the same as the earl or schireman. Aldermannus hundredi seu wapentachii: alderman of a hundred or wapentake. Aldermannus regis: the king's alderman; a high judicial officer. Aldermannus totius Angliae: alderman of all England; an Anglo-Saxon officer supposed to be the same as the chief justiciary of later times.

Lat. An alderman. Spelman. Chart. Civit. London, 22 I^av. 50 Edw. III. Consiliarii alias aldermanni; counsellors, ot)ierwise aldermen. T. Raym. 435. AlDBRMAKlOTS TOTIUS ANOUiB. L. Lat. Alderman of all England. An officer among the Anglo Saxons, supposed by Spelman to be the same with the chief justiciaiy of England in later times. Spelman, voc. Aldermannus. See Capitalis justitiarius. Aldermannus regis. L. Lat. [Sax. cyninges ealdorman^ The king's alderman. A high judicial officer among the Anglo Saxons, supposed by Spelman not to have had a peimanent authority, but to have acted under an occasional commission from the king, (per occasionem delegatus,) to administer justice in particular districts, like the misftus dominicus, (q. v.) of the old continental law, or the modem justice of assise. Spelman, voc. Aldermannus. Aldermannus co MrrATUS. L. Lat. Alderman of the county. An officer of high distinction among the Saxons, supposed by most writers to be the same with the earl, eorle, {com^s,) or schireman, (qq. v^l BL Com. 116. Co. Litt. 168 a. Gilb. 0. Pleas, Introd. 1 Reeves' Hist. E. L. 6, 7. 1 Spence's Chancery, 58, 59. Spelman inclines to the opinion that he occupied a middle rank between the earl and viscount. He presided in the county court, or schiremote, the bishop sitting with him as an associate. Spelman. voc. Aldermannus. See Comes, Earl. Aldermannus civrrx Tis vel buroi. L. Lat. Alderman of a city or borough, from which the modem office of alderman has been derived. T. Raym. 435, 437. London appears to have had aldermen from time immemorial. Palgrave Rise, <&c. ccl. 1 Spence's Chancery, 56, note. According to Spelman, there were no distinct officers of this rank before the reign of Richard I. Spelman, voc. Aldermannus. Aldermannus hundredi seu wapen- TACHii. L. Lat. Alderman of a hundred or wapentake. Spelman, voc. Aldermannus.