Actuary

[Lat. actuarius.] A secretary, clerk, or register of any public bodvi or association; particularly of an ecclesiastical body, or court.

Cowell. Blofiint.

The manager of a joint stock eompany, under a board of directors, particularly of an insurance company; combining with the duties of a secretary, those of a scientific adviser to the board which gives him his office, in all matters involving calculation; a person skilled in the doctrine of life annuities and insurances, and who is in the habit of giving opinions upon cases of annuities, reversions, &c.

Stat. 59 Geo, III, c. 128.

P. Cyclopedia.