Nuntius

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

or NUNCIUS.

In old English practice. One who made excuse for absence of one summoned; an apparitor, beadle, or sergeant. Cowell. A messenger or legate, e. g., pope's nuncio. Jacob. Essoniator was sometimes wrongly used for nuntius in the first sense. Bracton, fol. 345, § 2.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Same as Nuncius.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

NUNCIUS.

In old English practice. One who made excuse for absence of one summoned. An apparitor, beadle, or sergeant. Cowell. A messenger or legate: e. g. pope's nuncio. Jacob, L. Dict. Essoniator was sometimes wrongly used for nuntius in the first sense. Bracton, fol. 345, § 2.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English practice, A messenger. One who was sent to make an excuse for a party summoned or one who explained as for a friend the reason of a party's absence. Bract fol. 345. An officer of a court; a summoner, apparitor or beadle. Cowell.