单词 | marshal of the exchequer |
释义 | > as lemmasMarshal of the Exchequer a. An officer of a court of law responsible for the custody of prisoners and for the keeping of order, and frequently entrusted with the keeping of a prison. Also Marshal of the Exchequer, Marshal of the King's (also Queen's) Bench. Now historical.Such officers obtained the title as being deputies of the Marshal of England (see sense 2a). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > officer who has charge of prisoners marshalc1300 to go by baston1449 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 802 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 129 Oþur is [the king's] Marschales scholden swiþe anon is bodi to prisone take... Þe Marchales [c1300 Harl. marschals] i-redie weren to prisone him lede a-non. 1437 Rolls of Parl. IV. 509/2 Thomas Stamford..was committed to the Marchall, in prison to abide. 1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 291/2 The same William, was late Marshall of the Marshallsie of the Kings Bench. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. Table sig. Lvi And therfore I call him cheffe marshall an officer as is the lefetenaunte of the toure, or master of the marshalsye. 1648 W. Prynne Plea for Lords 56 The..Lords..awarded him to the custody of the Marshall. 1674 W. Lloyd Difference Church & Court of Rome 9 He that..goes at large on his Parole.., is..no less a Prisoner, than when under Guard, and in the Marshals custody. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2541/2 William Lenthall Esq; now Marshal of the King's Bench. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 285 When once the defendant is taken into custody of the marshall, or prison-keeper of this court [of king's bench]. 1831–2 in T. Chitty Archbold's Pract. Court Queen's Bench (1838) II. 915 All prisoners who have been..in the custody of the marshal or warden for the space of one calendar month after they are supersedeable, although not superseded, shall be forthwith discharged. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxxii. 281 The Marshal of the Marshalsea..had got him hard and fast. 1933 Speculum 8 9 The Marshall is ordered February 4, 1454, to keep Malory securely in the prison of the Marshalsea. 1991 H. Barty-King Worst Poverty (BNC) The warden of the Fleet and the marshal of the King's Bench Prison..should be compensated. < as lemmas |
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