Gustos Brevium
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In English practice. Keeper of the writs. A principal clerk belonging to the courts of king's Bench and Common Pleas, whose office was to receive and keep all the writs, returned into the court, and also all records of nisi prius, Termes de la ley, Cotoell, Blount, 1 Tidd's Pr. 43, 44. 1 Archb, Pr. 11. His title in the Common Pleas was custos brevium domini regis de banco. Towns, PI, 211. This office was abolished by statute 7 Will. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 80.