Seneschal
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old European law. A title of office and dignity, derived from the middle ages, answering to that of steward or high steward in England. Seneschals were originally the lieutenants of the dukes and other great feudatories of the kingdom, and sometimes had the dispensing of justice and high mllitary commands.