elisor

[ ih-lahy-zer ]

noun

, Law.

1. a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.

Word History and Origins

Origin of elisor¹

1400–50; late Middle English elisour < Anglo-French, equivalent to elis- (variant stem of elire to choose < Latin ēligere ) + -our -or ²

Example Sentences

Elisor took the ring and broke it in two, giving one half of it to the Queen, and keeping the other himself.

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When mass was half over, however, she opened the petition, and found in it the half-ring which she had given to Elisor.

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Having taken his man, the elisor was at a loss to know what to do with him.

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If the elisor, or the guards, were not in the same room they were quite close by.

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This occurred when Ruef was placed in the custody of Elisor Biggy.

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