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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

An officer of the United States, whose duty it is to execute the process of the courts of the United States. His duties within the district for which he is appointed are very similar to those of a sheriff. See U. S. St. at Large, Index; Sergeant, Const. Law, c.

25; 2 Dall. (U. S.) 402; Burr's Trial, 365; 1 Mason (U. S.) 100; 2 Gall (U. S.) 101; 4 Cranch (U. S.) 96; 7 Cranch (U. S.) 276; 9 Cranch (U. S.) 86, 212; 6 Wheat. (U. S.) 194; 9 Wheat. (U. S.) 645.