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elisor

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e⋅lis⋅or

  [i-lahy-zer]
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–noun Law.
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
Also, eslisor.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME elisour < AF, equiv. to elis- (var. s. of elire to choose < L ēligere) + -our -or 2
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Main Entry: eli·sor
Pronunciation: i-'lI-z&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French ellisour eslisour, literally, one who selects (jurors in the sheriff's stead), elector, from eslire to select, from Old French, ultimately from Latin eligere to choose, elect
: a judicial officer appointed to act in the stead of a sheriff when the sheriff and any other authorized official (as a coroner) are unable or unqualified to act
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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