cursitor Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cur"si*tor noun

Etymology

LL. cursitor, equiv. to L. cursor, fr. cursare to run hither and thither, fr. currere to run. See Current, and cf. Cursor.

Definitions

1. A courier or runner. Obs. "Cursitors to and fro." Holland.
2. (Eng.Law) An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.