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An officer of the peace. (See Sir J. Stephen Hist. Crim. Law, I. vii. 194–200.) an officer of a hundred or other large administrative district…
An officer of the peace. (See Sir J. Stephen Hist. Crim. Law, I. vii. 194–200.) Now, esp., a police constable, a member of the constabulary or police…