Messenger

An employe or ofl Scer whose duty is to bear messages or communications. — I

A person appointed to perform certain duties, generally of a ministerial character, such as carriers of messages employed by. a secretary of state, or ofiicers of a court of justice, called, in Scotland, messengers at arms. Toml.; Paterson. The oflicer who takes possession of an insolvent or bankrupt estate for the Judge, commissioner, or other such officer. 2 The messenger of the English court of ^chancery has- the. duty of attending on the great seal, either in person or by deputy, and must be ready to execute all such orders

A person who bears a message; one who bears a notice, invitation or communication, oral or written, from one person to another or to a public body.

One who bears messages or errands; a ministerial officer employed by executive officers, legislative bodies, and courts of justice, whose service consists prineipally in carrying verlal or written communications or executing. other orders, In Scotland there are oflicers attached to the courts, called “messengers at arms.” An officer attached to a bankruptey court, whose duty consists, among other things, in seizing and taking possession of the bankrupt’s estate during the proceedings in bankruptey. The messenger of the English court of chancery has the duty of attending on the great seal, either in person or by deputy, and Must be ready to execute all such orders as he shall receive from the lord chancellor, lord Keeper, or lords commissioners. Brown. Messis sementem sequitur, The crop belongs to [follows] the gower. A maxim in Scotch law. Where a person is in possession of land which he has reason to believe is his own, and sows that land, he will havea right to the crops, although before it is cut down it should be discovered that another has a preferable title to the land. Bell.

1. "One who bears a message or errand; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation from one person to another or to a public body; an office servant." Does not apply to public officer acting in an original capacity in the discharge of duties imposed by law, but presupposes a superior whose servant the messenger is and whose mandate he executes, not as a deputy, with power to discriminate and judge, or to bind his superior, but as a mere bearer and communicator of the will of his superior. In this sense a county treasurer is not a "public messenger." 2. An officer who is given charge of a bankrupt's estate until an assignee has been qualified. See Bankrupt, 3; Express, Company.

The officer whose duty it is to take charge of a bankrupt's estate on adjudication of bankruptcy, pending appointment and qualification of assignee, is technically styled messenger; his functions also involving service of the notices. The messenger of the English court of chancery is an officer whose duty it is to attend on the great seal, either in person or by deputy, and to be ready to execute all such orders as he shall receive from time to time from the lord chancellor, lord keeper, or lords commissioners. There are also certain persons attached to the court of bankruptcy styled messengers, and whose duty consists, amongst other things, in seizing and taking possession of the bankrupt's estate ddring the proceedings in the bankruptcy. Brovm.