Exigenter

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An officer who made out exigents and proclamations. Cowell. The office is now abolished. Holthouse. EXIGI FACIAS (Law Lat.) Another name of the writ of exigent; being the two emphatic words of that writ. Reg. Jud. 2.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An officer of the English court of common pleas who issued exigents.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An officer who made out exigents and proclamations. Cowell. The office is now abolished. Holthouse.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An officer of the English court of common pleas, whose duty it was to make out the exigents and proclama tions in the process of outlawry. Cowell. Abolished by St. 7 Wm. IV. and 1 Viet c. 30. Holthouse.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

An ofiicer of the English Court of Common Pleas, whose duty it was formerly to make out the exigents and proclamations in the process of outlawrj-.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Lat. exigendarius.] An officer of the English court of common pleas, whose duty it was to make out the exigents and proclamations, in the process of outlawry. Cowell. 1 Archb. Pr. 11. Abolished by statute 7 Will. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 30. Holthouse.