Meaning of custos rotulorum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The main justice of the peace in a given county of England, Wales or Ireland.
   historical
2. The chief magistrate and representative of the Governor-General in a Jamaican parish.

Examples

“Mr Casaubon made a dignified though somewhat sad audience; […] mindful that this desultoriness was associated with the institutions of the country, and that the man who took him on this severe mental scamper was not only an amiable host, but a landholder and custos rotulorum.”

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