The senior judicial person in an English hundred. Cf. High Constable n. at constable, n. 5b. Now historical.

steward of the manor: one who transacts the financial and legal business of a manor on behalf of the lord; he holds the manor-court in the lord's…

Law. A person whose profession is to represent others in a court of canon or (formerly) civil law; a profession corresponding to that of attorney or…

The name of certain officials of the Court of Exchequer.

an officer of the Court of Augmentations (see sense 7).

One who shares an office or position of authority with another; a colleague, coadjutor. spec. An officer of the Superior Courts of Common Law in…

Scots Law. A law officer who brings actions on behalf of the commissary court and who may act as executor dative. Obsolete.

= procurator-fiscal, n. 3.

= chafe-wax, n. Obsolete.

In England: (the title of) an officer in the Courts of Common Pleas and King's (or Queen's) Bench, having custody of writs and warrants; = keeper of…

Law. spec. Originally (more fully Examiner in Chancery and variants): an officer of a court of equity who takes down in writing witnesses'…

An officer attending on the Lord Chancellor, whose duty it was to prepare the wax for sealing documents. The office was abolished in 1852.

Historical. An officer in the Court of Chancery under the later Roman Empire.

Law. British. More fully Her (also His) Majesty's Procurator General: = Queen's (also King's) Proctor n. at proctor, n.1 4.

In full Marshal of the (†Court of) Admiralty; also admiralty marshal. Originally: a principal officer of the Court of Admiralty under the authority…

an officer in the Indian judiciary with the responsibility of advising British judges on questions of Hindu Law.