Meaning & use
Elisor
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A person appointed by a court to carry out certain duties of a sheriff or coroner, such as summoning a jury, when those officials are unable or disqualified to act.
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When both the sheriff and coroner were parties to the case, the judge appointed an elisor to select the jury.
The elisor's report confirmed that the panel had been properly summoned.
A note on using this word
A rare legal term surviving mainly in older common-law procedure and occasional modern court rules.
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