Coucher

or COURCHER. A factor who continues abroad for traffic (37 Edw. III. c. 16); also the general book wherein any COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, an assembly). The legislative body in the government of cities or boroughs; an advisory body selected to aid the executive: See 14 Mass. 470; 3 Pick. (Mass.) 517; 4 Pick. (Mass.) 25. A governor's council is still retained in some of the states of the United States. It is analogous in many respects to the privy council of the king of Great Britain, and of the governors of the British colonies, though of a much more limited range of duties.

See Privy Council.