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Cursitor

Cursitor \Cur"si*tor\ (k?r"s?-t?r), n. [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.

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cursitor

n. 1 A courier or runner 2 (context obsolete legal English) A clerk in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court%20of%20Chancery whose business is to make out original writs

Usage examples of "cursitor".

Court, Cursitor Street, Mr. Snagsby, lawstationer, pursues his lawful calling.