apparitor Meaning, Definition & Usage
Ap*par"i*tor noun
Etymology
L., fr.Definitions
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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.
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(Law) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier.