Dempster
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or DEEMSTER.
In Scotch law. A doomsman; one who pronounced the sentence of court. 1 How. St. Tr. 937.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Scotch Law. A doomsman. One who pronounced the sentence of court. 1 Howell, St. Tr. 937.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch law. A dooms-man. One who pronounced the sentence of court. 1 How. State Tv. 937.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
dempstare, doomster.
In Scots law. An officer of court, whose duty it was to pronounce the doom or sentence of the court V. Dome; Doom.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The officer who pronounced the sentence in a Scotch court.