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Sergeant

Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.

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Barrister 76% connected

Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. S…

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Serjeant 92% connected

Alt. of Serjeantcy

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Adjutant noun · 78% connection

A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and…

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Agistor noun · 78% connection

Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called g…

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Alnager noun · 78% connection

A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

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Avener noun · 78% connection

An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.

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Bailiwick noun · 78% connection

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

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Ban noun · 78% connection

A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or su…

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Battler noun · 78% connection

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answe…

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Burghmaster noun · 78% connection

An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster.

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Butlerage noun · 78% connection

A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butl…

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Castle verb · 78% connection

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of co…

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Check noun · 78% connection

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were an…

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Dicast noun · 78% connection

A functionary in ancient Athens answering nearly to the modern juryman.

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Estreat noun · 78% connection

A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court t…

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Ethics noun · 78% connection

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

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Exigenter noun · 78% connection

An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished.

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Globe noun · 78% connection

A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infa…

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Greencloth noun · 78% connection

A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and…

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Herald noun · 78% connection

In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of…

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