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Coif

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A headdress. In England there are certain Serjeants at law who are called Serjeants of the coif, from the lawn coif they wear on their heads ' under their thin caps when they are admitted to that order. It was anciently worn as a distinguishing badge.

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COJUDICES (Lat.) In old English law. Associate judges having equality of power with others.