Exigenter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents. UK, obsolete

    "There are also four Exigenters, whose Office is to make all Exigents and Proclamations in all Actions where Process of Outlawry doth lye."

Example

More examples

"There are also four Exigenters, whose Office is to make all Exigents and Proclamations in all Actions where Process of Outlawry doth lye."

Etymology

From exigent + -er.

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