Exactor Regis
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The king's exactor, who collected the taxes and other moneys due to the treasury. In the counties, this office was performed by the sheriff; in the seaports and cities by the publicans. Spelman. EXALTARE (Law Lat.)
In old English law. To raise or elevate. Exaltare stagnum, to raise a pool. Reg. Orig. 199; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 184 (O). To raise the water in a pond by damming, so as to overflow another's land. Bracton, fol. 232; Fleta, lib. 4, c. 1, § 19. EXAM EN (Law Lat.) A trial. Examen computi, the balance of an account. Towns. PI. 223.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Collector of tho king.