Crier
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
An Ollicer of a court, who makes proclamations. His principal duties are to announce the opening of the court and its adjournment and the fact that certain special mutters are alout to be transacted, to announce the admission of persons to the bar, to call the names of jurors, witnesses, and parties, to announce that a witness has been sworn, to prociuim silence when so directed, and generally to make such proclamations of a public nature as the judges order.