Aldermannus

Lat. An alderman.

Spelman. Chart. Civit. London, 22 I^av. 50 Edw. III.

Consiliarii alias aldermanni; counsellors, ot)ierwise aldermen.

T. Raym. 435.

AlDBRMAKlOTS TOTIUS ANOUiB. L. Lat. Alderman of all England. An officer among the Anglo Saxons, supposed by Spelman to be the same with the chief justiciaiy of England in later times. Spelman, voc.

Aldermannus.

See Capitalis justitiarius. Aldermannus regis. L. Lat. [Sax. cyninges ealdorman^ The king's alderman. A high judicial officer among the Anglo Saxons, supposed by Spelman not to have had a peimanent authority, but to have acted under an occasional commission from the king, (per occasionem delegatus,) to administer justice in particular districts, like the misftus dominicus, (q. v.) of the old continental law, or the modem justice of assise. Spelman, voc.

Aldermannus

Aldermannus co MrrATUS. L. Lat. Alderman of the county. An officer of high distinction among the Saxons, supposed by most writers to be the same with the earl, eorle, {com^s,) or schireman, (qq. v^l BL Com. 116. Co. Litt. 168 a. Gilb. 0. Pleas, Introd. 1 Reeves' Hist. E. L. 6, 7. 1 Spence's Chancery, 58, 59. Spelman inclines to the opinion that he occupied a middle rank between the earl and viscount. He presided in the county court, or schiremote, the bishop sitting with him as an associate. Spelman. voc. Aldermannus. See Comes, Earl. Aldermannus civrrx Tis vel buroi. L. Lat. Alderman of a city or borough, from which the modem office of alderman has been derived. T. Raym. 435, 437. London appears to have had aldermen from time immemorial. Palgrave Rise, <&c. ccl. 1 Spence's Chancery, 56, note. According to Spelman, there were no distinct officers of this rank before the reign of Richard I. Spelman, voc.

Aldermannus

Aldermannus hundredi seu wapen- TACHii. L. Lat. Alderman of a hundred or wapentake. Spelman, voc.

Aldermannus.