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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In English law

A crier or messenger of court, who summons men to appear and answer therein.

Cowell.

An inferior officer in a parish or liberty.

See Beadle.