An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England and summon offenders. Cowfill. In the civil law. An officer who waited upon a magistrate or superior officer, and executed his commands. Calvin; Cod. 12, 53 57.
An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England and summon offenders. Cowfill. In the civil law. An officer who waited upon a magistrate or superior officer, and executed his commands. Calvin; Cod. 12, 53 57.