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Definition of Serjeant-at-arms

1. Noun. An officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands.

Definition of Serjeant-at-arms

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sergeant-at-arms) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Serjeant-at-arms

Literary usage of Serjeant-at-arms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"AFTER Process to a Serjeant at Arms issued, but not executed, Answer, and Exceptions submitted to by a note between the Clerks in Court; but, ..."

2. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1897)
"The holders of these permanent offices are the Clerk of the House and his assistants, the serjeant-at-arms and his deputies. ..."

3. The Practice of the High Court of Chancery: To which is Added a Collection by John Newland (1830)
"When the order for a serjeant at arms is drawn up by the register, it is to be delivered, not to the party applying for it, but to the serjeant at arms, ..."

4. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1886)
"The holders of these permanent offices are the Clerk of the House and his assistants, the serjeant-at-arms and his deputies. ..."

5. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"be no annoyance therein or thereabouts ; and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this House do communicate this Order to the Commissioners aforesaid. ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hyde East, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"Neither is any thing more certain to be found in any law book with respect to the office of Serjeant at Arms. The ancient common law officers for executing ..."

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