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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Of Court. In old Scotch law. Certain officers of courts. See "Claves Curiae," Of the Isle of Man. The twenty-four chief commoners, who form the local legislature.

1 Steph. Comm. 99.

In Old English Law. A guardian or warden,