APPARITORS

Noun

apparitors

plural of apparitor

Source: Wiktionary


APPARITOR

Ap*par"i*tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.]

1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey.

2. (Law)

Definition: A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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