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Common Informer

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

One who, without being specially required by law or by virtue of his office, gives information of crimes, offences, or misdemeanors which have been committed, in order to prosecute the offender; a prosecutor.