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Webster 1913 Edition

Custos

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Cus′tos

(kŭs′tŏs)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Custodes
(kŭs-tō′dēz)
.
[L.]
A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent.
[Obs.]
Custos rotulorum
(rŏtˊū̍-lō′rŭm)
[LL., keeper of the rolls]
(Eng. Law)
,
the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.

Webster 1828 Edition

Custos

CUSTOS

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Noun.
[L.] A keeper; as custos brevium, the principal clerk of the common pleas; custos rotulorum, keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.

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