Catchpole
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or CATCHPOLL. A name! formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons. He was a sort of sergeant. The word is not now in use as an of Rcial designation. Minshew., CATER COUSIN. A very distant relation. Bl. Law Tracts, 6.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A name formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons. He was a sort of sergeant. The word I now in use as an official designation; Minshew.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Formerly, an officer, as a deputy-sheriff or a constable, who made an-ests. He was supposed to catch the prisoner by the poll — the head, or neck. The term now expresses contempt or derision.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A sheriff's deputy, bailiff.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. cachepolus, cacepolus.] An officer who makes arrests. Though now employed as a term of contempt for a sheriff's officer, this word seems to have been formerly used without reproach, as an ordinary official epithet. Stat. 25 Mw. III. St. 4. c. 2. Cowell. Blount.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
officer. This is a nickname given to a sheriff’s deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons. He is socalled because he catches by the poll or head, the arrested. CAUSA MATRIMONII PRE-