elisor

elisor
eli·sor /i-'lī-zər/ n [Anglo-French ellisour eslisour, literally, one who selects (jurors in the sheriff's stead), elector, from eslire to select, from Old French, ultimately from Latin eligere to choose, elect]: a judicial officer appointed to act in the stead of a sheriff when the sheriff and any other authorized official (as a coroner) are unable or unqualified to act

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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