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Senator

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A member of a senatfe. SENATORES SUNT PARTES CORPORIS regis. Senators are part of the body of the king. Staundf. 72 (E); 4 Inst. 53, in marg. SENATORS OF THE COLLEGE OF JUS-

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A member of a senate.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Roman law. A member of the senatus.

In old English law. A member of the royal councll; a king's councillor.

In American law. One who is a member of a senate, either of the United States or of a state.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In old English law. A member council board; a king's councillor. Senatores regis: councillors are parta of the king's In the Saxon law. An alderman.

In the Roman law. A member of the senate.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

government, is one who is a member of a senate. ‘No person shall be a senator [of the national senate] who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.”

Const. U.S. art.1,s.3,cl. 5. Vide 1 Kent, Com. 224; Story on the Const. § 726 to 730.