Camerarius
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A chamberlain; a keeper of the pubic money; a treasurer. Spelman, voe. "Cambellarius;" 1 Per. & D. 243.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A chamberlain; a keeper of the public money; a treasurer. Spelman, Gloss. Cambellarius; 1 Perr. & D. 243.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I.
In old English law. A chamberlain; an officer who had the charge of the royal- chambers or apartments; a bailiff or receiver.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A chamberlain; a keeper of the public money; a treasurer. Also a bailiff or receiver.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from camera, a chamber or treasury.] In old European law. A chamberlain; a keeper of the treasure chamber; a keeper of the public money; a treasurer. Peregrinus de jure fisci, lib. 6, tit. 13, cited in Cowell, voc. Chamberlain. Camerarius dicitur a camera, i. e. testudine sive fomice, quia eustodit pecuniae quce in cameris prcedpue reservaniur. Onupkrius de interpr. voc, JEJcclesicB, cited ibid. See Spelman, voc. Cambe/lanus. Towns. PL 48. Used in this sense in England, in the times of the Anglo Saxons. Ealred in vit. S. Edw, Conf. c. ii. p. 9, cited, P. Cyclopasdia, It occurs also m the Domesday Survey. Ibid, A bailiff or receiver. Slat, Westm. 2, c. 11. 2 Inst. 380.