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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In French law. A person who receives from a meeting of j shareholders a special authority, viz., that of checking and examining the accounts of a manager or of valuing the anports en nat. ure, (q- v0.) The name is also applied toa judge who receives from a eourt a special mission, e. g., to institute an inquiry, or lo examine certain books, or to supervise the operations of a bankruptey.
Arg. Fr. Mere, Law, 551.