apparitor

n. ரோமக் குற்றஇயல் நடுவரின் ஏவலர், பொது நீதிமன்றத்தின் அல்லது சமயத்துறை நீதிமன்றத்தின் அதிகாரி, கட்டியக்காரன், வாயிலோன்.

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Ap*par"i*tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.] 1. 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. 2. (Law) Defn: A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier.

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