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Coroner
An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire with the help of a jury into the cause of any violent
Herald
An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war to challenge to battle to proclaim peace and to bear messages from the commander of an army He was invested with a sacred and inviolable
Irenarch
An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace
Constable
--Means a police officer of the lowest grade. [Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1978), s. 2(d)] A peace officer responsible for minor judicial duties, such as serving writs and warrants, but with less authority and smaller jurisdiction
Justices
magistrates who sit to administer summary justice in minor matters, and who are commonly called justices of the peace. They were first appointed in 1327 by 1 Edw. 3, st. 2, c. 16, and are now appointed … Justices, officers deputed by the Crown to ad-minister justice and do right by way of judgment. The judges of the
Herald
officer who registers genealogies, adjusts ensigns armorial, regulates funerals, and carries messages between princes, and proclaims war and peace. Heralds were anciently called Dukes at Arms, probably from the Latin ducere ad arma; because the conducting of
Office
of the Exchequer and all other that shall be called to ordain, name, or make justices of the peace, sheriffs, . . . or any other officer or minister of the King shall be firmly sworn that
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