Clerk
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
officer, is a person appointed to an othice generally to write or register what has been done therein; as, clerk of the court. Some clerks however have little or no writing to do in their offices, as, the clerk of the market, whose duties are confined chiefly to superintend the markets. In the English law, clerk also signifies a clergyman.