Constablewick
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The territorial jurisdiction of a constable.
5 Nev. & M. 261.
CONSTABULARIUS (Lat). An officer of horse; an officer having charge of foot or horse; a naval commander; an officer having charge of military affairs generally. Spelman, Gloss. The titles were very numerous, all derived, however, from come s- stab uli, and the duties were quite similar in all the countries where the civil law prevailed. His powers were second only to those of the king in all matters relating to the armies of the kingdom. In England his power was early diminished and restricted to those duties which related to the preservation of the king's peace. The office is now abolished in England, except as a matter of ceremony, and in France. Guyot, Rep. Univ.; Cowell. CONSTAT (Lat. it appears). A certificate by an officer that certain matters therein stated appear of record.
See Wilcox v. Ray, 2 N. C. 410.
An exemplification under the great seal of the enrolment of letters patent.
Co. Litt. 225.
A certificate which the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer make at the request of any person who intends to plead or move in the court for the discharge of anything; and the effect of it is, the certifying what constat (appears) upon record touching the matter in question.