Apposer

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In English law. An officer of the exchequer, whose duty it was to examine the sheriffs in regard to their accounts handed in to the exchequer. He was also called the "foreign apposer."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An officer who supervised the accounts rendered to the exchequer by the sheriffs.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An officer of the Exchequer, whose duty it was to examine the sheriffs in regard to their accounts handed in to the exchequer. He was also called the foreign apposer. The office is now abolished.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. fir. To question; to adjust or settla

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

In old practice. An officer in the English exchequer, whose business it was to examine the sheriff's estreats with thft record, and to ask the sheriff what he could say to every particular sum therein: usually termed the foreign apposer, Termes de la ley.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

in the English law. An officer of the Court of Exchequer, called the foreign apposer.