SERGEANT OR SERJEANT

(A) Engl. law. An officer in the courts of the highest grade among the practitioners of the law. (B) in the army. An inferior officer of a company of foot, or troop of dragoons appointed to see discipline observed, to teach the soldiers the exercise of their arms, and to order, straighten and form ranks, files … [Read more...] about SERGEANT OR SERJEANT

An officer appointed by a legislative body, whose duties are to enforce the orders given by such bodies, generally under the warrant of its presiding officer. … [Read more...] about SERGEANT AT ARMS

In military law. A noncommissioned officer, of whom there are several in each company of infantry, troop of cavalry, etc. The term is also used in the organization of a municipal police force. Sergeant at arms. See SERJEANT. Sergeant at law. See SERJEANT. Town sergeant. In several states, an officer having the powers and duties of a chief constable or bead of the police … [Read more...] about SERGEANT

During the feudal times certain persons who were bound to perform very onerous duties towards others, were so called. There is this essential difference between a serf and a slave; the serf was bound simply to labor on the soil where he was born, without any right to go elsewhere without the consent of his lord; but he was free to act as he pleased in his daily action: the … [Read more...] about SERF

In English ecclesiastical law. A judicial writ for the discharging a sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the bishop at the sovereign's command, thereby to compel the parson to appear at the suit of another. Upon his appearance, the parson may have this writ for the release of the sequestration. Reg. Jud. 36. Sequi debet poteutia justitiam non … [Read more...] about SEQUESTRO HABENDO