Dapifer
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A steward either of a king or lord. Spelman.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The name of the first officer of state in France until 1191, after which it was never conferred. The name came to England with the Normans, but the office was less important, and there was a staff of dapifers. After the accession of Richard DARREIN (Fr. dernier). Last. Darrein continuance, last continuance. See Puis Darrein Continuance; Continuance.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A steward either of a king or lord. Spelman.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat [from daps, a feast, and/erre, to carry.] In old European law. A steward, either of a king or lord; a seneschal. Origina Uy, a domestic who waited on the table. Called also domesticus, megadomesticus, oeeonomus, major domils, senescalltts, scakus, gastaldus. Spelman.