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Coadjutor

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The assistant of a bishop; an assistant.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An assistant of a bishop or other prelate.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The assistant of a bishop. An assistant. C0ADUNATI0. A conspiracy. 9 Coke 56.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An assistant, helper or ally; particularly a person appointed to assist a bishop who from age or Infirmity is unable to perform his duty. Olcott v. Ga-bert, 86 Tex. 121, 23 S. W. 985. Aiso an overseer, (coadjutor of an executor,) and one who disseises a person of land not to his own use, but to that of another.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

An assistant; the

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An assistant, helper, or ally; particularly a@ person appointed to assist a bishop who from age or infirmity is unable to perform his duty. Also an overseer, (coadjutor of an executor, ) and one who disseises a person of land not to his own use, but to that of another.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from coadjuvare, to help or aid.] A fellow helper; one who aids or assists another (qui awc Uiatur alieri.) Co. Litt. 181 a. Applied by Littleton Ui one who assists another in a disseisin. Litt. sect. 278.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

eccles. law. A. fellow helper or assistant; particularly applied to the assistant of a bishop.