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Webster 1913 Edition

Cursitor

Cur′si-tor

(k?r′s?-t?r)
,
Noun.
[LL.
cursitor
, equiv. to L.
cursor
, fr.
cursare
to run hither and thither, fr.
currere
to run. See
Current
, and cf.
Cursor
.]
1.
A courier or runner.
[Obs.]
“Cursitors to and fro.”
Holland.
2.
(Eng.Law)
An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cursitor

CURSITOR

,
Noun.
[L., to run.] In England, a clerk in the court of chancery, whose business is to make out original writs. In the statute 18 Edward III, the cursitors are called clerks of course. They are twenty four in number, and are a corporation among themselves. To each are assigned certain counties, to which he issue writs.

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