单词 | custos brevium |
释义 | custos breviumn. Now historical and somewhat rare. In England: (the title of) an officer in the Courts of Common Pleas and King's (or Queen's) Bench, having custody of writs and warrants; = keeper of the writs n. at writ n. Phrases 1.The office was abolished by Act of Parliament in 1830. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 1589 Sir T. Smith's Common-welth (rev. ed.) ii. xiv. 74 The same writtes returned by the sherife, are by the atturneyes deliuered to the Custos breuium to file or string. 1654 View Regulation Chancery 49 The Custos brevium in the Court of Common-Pleas which hath been an office usually granted by Letters-Patent from before the Reign of Edw. I. 1696 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 202 Mr. Fowkes, who hath the custos brevium office in the Kings bench court. 1788 World 1 July On Saturday Joseph Hankin, Esq. was admitted, and sworn into the Office of Custos Brevium of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. 1874 Contemp. Rev. June 119 It was necessary to pass two Acts of Parliament in order to divest the prescriptively acquired right of the Chief Clerks and Custodes Brevium..to sell a whole series of offices. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1372/1 Post terminum, the return of a writ..after the end of the term on which that day fell. In that case the custos brevium received a fine of twenty pence. 2013 K. Sharpe Reading Authority & Respresenting Rule in Early Mod. Eng. i. 8 Drake was neither very active in politics..nor did he secure high office, only obtaining by purchase the post of custos brevium of the Court of Common Pleas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589 |
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