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Webster 1913 Edition


Countor

Count′or

(kount′?r)
,
Noun.
[From
Count
,
Verb.
T.
(in sense 4).]
(O. Eng. Law)
An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause.
[Obs.]
Burrill.

Definition 2024


countor

countor

English

Noun

countor (plural countors)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, law) An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)