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Usher

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Usher [fr. huis, Fr., a door], a door-keeper, an officer who keeps silence in a Court. the office of Usher of the Court of Chancery was abolished by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 87, s. 27.

A door-keeper responsible for maintaining silence and order in some English Courts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1542.

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