Marshal Or Mareschal
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Marshal or Mareschal, primarily denotes an officer who has the care or command of horses.
An officer called a marshal attends each judge on the assizes (being paid by the Treasury two guineas a day during the continuance of the circuit). tHe Office is now practically a sinecure, but formerly the marshal made abstracts of indictments, and received records for trials, etc. The judge appoints his marshal and pays his travelling and other expenses during the time he resides with him. See (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 77; see now (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 226(4).
An officer called a marshal attends each judge on the assizes (being paid by the Treasury two guineas a day during the continuance of the circuit). tHe Office is now practically a sinecure, but formerly the marshal made abstracts of indictments, and received records for trials, etc. The judge appoints his marshal and pays his travelling and other expenses during the time he resides with him. See (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 77; see now (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 226(4).
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