Ministrant
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The party cross-examining a witness was so called, under the old system of the ecclesiastical courts. MINISTRI REGIS (Lat.)
In old English law. Ministers of the king, applied to the judges of the realm, and to all those who MINOR (Lat. less; younger). A minor; one not a major, i. e., not twenty-one. 2 Inst. 291; Co. Litt. 88, 128, 172b; 6 Coke, 67; 3 Bulst. 143; Bracton, 340b; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60; § 26. Of less consideration; lower. Calv. Lex. "Major" and "minor" belong rather to civil law. The common-law terms are "adult" and "infant." MINOR AETAS (Lat.) Minority or Infancy. Cro. Car. 516. Literally, lesser age. MINOR ANTE TEMPUS AGERE NON potest in casu proprietatis, nee etiam convenire. A minor before majority cannot act In a case of property, nor even agree. 2 Inst. 291.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The party cross-exam- {ning a witness was so called, under the old system of the ecclesiastical courts,