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Custodes

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Keepers; guardians; conservators. Custodes pacis, guardians of the peace.

1 Bl. Comm. 349.

Custodes libertatis Angliae auctoritate parliamenti, guardians of the liberty of Engduring the grand rebellion, from the death of Charles I. till Cromwell was declared protector.

Jacob.