Auctioneer
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[from L. Lat. auctionarius, (q. v.); Lat. propola,'] One who conducts an auction or public sale.* Spelman, voc. Auctionarii, A person who is authorised to sell goods or merchandise at public auction or sale, for a recompense, or (as it is commonly called,) a commission.
Story on Agency, § 27.
An auctioneer differs from a broker in being authorized only to sell, and that at public auction. Id. ibid.
2 jy. Bl. 555.
Formerly, however, auctioneers had power to buy as well as sell, and were indeed called brokers. Auctionarii, quos Angli Brokers dicimus; auctioneer8» whom we English call brokert, Speli man, toc.
Awtionarii, 2 U. Bl. v Jb, amp.
See Auctionarius.
See Auctionarius.