Custos placitorum coronae
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. Keeper of the pleas of the crown. Bract. foL 145. Cowell supposes this office to have been the same with the custos rotulorum. But it seems rather to have been another name for "coroner." Crabb, Eng. Law, 150; Bract, fol. 136b.
Defined under Custos in Black's Law Dictionary.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
L. Lat.
In old English law. Keeper of the pleas of the crown. Bract, fol. 14 b. Cowell supposes this office to have been the same with the custos rotulorum. But it seems rather to have been another name for coroner. Crabb's Hist, Eng, Law, 1 60. Bract, fol. 136 b. The title itself indicates a criminal, rather than a civil jurisdiction. See Corona, Placita coronas. In the writ de odio et atia, these officers are mentioned as sitting with the sheriff in the coimty court. Meg, Orig, 133 b.