Messenger

A person appointed to perform certain duties, generally of a ministerial character, such as carriers of messages employed by. a secretary of state, or ofiicers of a court of justice, called, in Scotland, messengers at arms. Toml.; Paterson. The oflicer who takes possession of an insolvent or bankrupt estate for the Judge, commissioner, or other such officer. 2 The messenger of the English court of ^chancery has- the. duty of attending on the great seal, either in person or by deputy, and must be ready to execute all such orders