Custos

pi. custodes, I. A guard, keeper, warden, magistrate. Custos brevium: the keeper of the writs, a principal clerk of the C. B. Custos maris (warden of the sea): admiral. Custos placitorum coronae: keeper of the pleas of the Crown. Custos rotulorum: keeper of the rolls; the principal justice of the peace of a county, the first civil officer, as the lord lieutenant is the first military officer. Custos spiritualium: guardian of the spiritualities, he that exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction during the vacancy of a see, while the custos temporalium, guardian of the temporalities, looked after the material interests and Custuma antiqua sive and hides. Custuma ported or imported by