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Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

The ministerial officers through whom the commands of the judicial department of the U. S. must be executed, and they belong to the executive department.

See 135 U. S. 1, 34 L. Ed. 55, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 658.