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. … [Read more...]
APOSTOLI
In the civil law. Certificates of the inferior judge from whom a cause is removed, directed to the superior. Dig. 49, 6. See Apostles. … [Read more...]
APOSTOLUS
A messenger; an ambassador, legate, or nuncio. Spelman. … [Read more...]
APOTHECA
In the civil law. A repository; a place of deposit, as of wine, oil, books, etc. Calvin. … [Read more...]
APOTHECARY
Any person who keeps a shop or building where medicines are compounded or prepared according to prescriptions of physicians, or where medicines are sold. Act Cong. July 13, 1866, c. 184, … [Read more...]