单词 | custos rotulorum |
释义 | custos rotulorumn. 1. In England, Wales, and Ireland: (the title of) the principal Justice of the Peace in a county, having responsibility for the safe keeping of the records of the quarter sessions; = Keeper of the Rolls n. (b) at keeper n. 1c. Now chiefly historical.The office was established in the 14th cent., though the name did not come into use until the 15th cent. In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland the custodianship of the records of the quarter sessions is now a largely ceremonial function and usually fulfilled by the Lord Lieutenant of a county, the office of Keeper of the Rolls having been united with the lord-lieutenancy in England since 1836. In Ireland the title also passed to the Lord Lieutenant of the county, but the role has now been abolished. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > Justice of the peace or district magistrate > principal custos rotulorum1495 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §55. m. 31 Provided alwey that the seid justices of peas shalbe appoynted and named..by hym that is custos rotulorum of the seid counties, or els by the eldist of the quorum in his absens. 1519 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell sig. D.v Examynacion of a Justyce of the pease that shall be therto assygned yerely by the custos rotulorum. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Henry VIII c. 26 §21 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 930 There shalbe..oone Custos Rotulorum in everye of the sayd twelve Shyres. 1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. 201 The Clerke of the Peace, being onely Clerke vnder and vnto the Custos Rotulorum of the County, was wont to haue wages yeerely of the said Custos for his seruice. 1670 T. Blount Resol. Judges Statutes Bankrupts 32 The Records before Justices of Gaol-delivery remain with the Custos Rotulorum. 1727 Weekly Worcester-Jrnl. 3 Mar. 3/1 His Grace, Charles Duke of St Albans is appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotularum of the County of Berks. 1793 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 484 The thanks of the county are due to the Most Noble the Marquis of Townshend, the Custos Rotulorum. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. xvii. 274 The Lord Lieutenant, or rather the Custos Rotulorum in each county. 1972 Whitaker's Almanack 631 The Lord Lieutenant is usually a peer or baronet..and is often appointed custos rotulorum (keeper of the records). 2007 J. Hall-Witt Fashionable Acts ii. 97 They exerted patronage as lord lieutenants, as custodes rotulorum, and as parliamentary patrons. 2. In Jamaica: (the title of) an official serving as the principal Justice of the Peace, chief magistrate, and representative of the Governor-General in a parish (parish n. 3). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > other specific officers of justice exactora1425 marshal1611 centgrave1647 custos rotulorum1683 custos1739 awarder1826 protocol1865 1683 Present State Jamaica 48 Every of these Precincts have a particular Custos Rotulorum appointed, who with the Justices and other Officers Present, Reform, Examine and Punish all Crimes, Disorders and Misdemeanors. 1788 World 9 Jan. Died... In October last, at Kingston, in Jamaica, the Hon. Paul Phipps, Esq. Representative in Assembly, First Magistrate, Custos Rotulorum, and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. 1803 R. C. Dallas Hist. Maroons I. p. lx In each parish..there is a principal magistrate stiled Custos Rotulorum. 1843 J. M. Phillippo Jamaica: Past & Present State vii. 110 Each parish has a Custos Rotulorum, answering to the office of Lord Lieutenant of a county in England. 1938 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 12 Dec. 1/1 The swearing in of the Hon. Edward Morris as Custos Rotolorum for the parish of Westmoreland. 2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 4 Dec. (Travel section) 7 Falmouth is at the vanguard of the restoration movement in Jamaica, with the Custos Rotulorum—the old English term for the governor's representative, still in use today—and Royland Barrett leading the way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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