Butler

What does Butler mean in American Law?

The definition of Butler in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Originally the servant in a royal or noble household in charge of wines (cf. botiler of the King), frequently becoming an officer of high influence and power, roughly a major domo or “foreman” of servants. At royal courts the titular butler was often a high-ranking courtier, but his deputy (i.e., the “real” butler) also wielded great power within the household. In those few modern instances in which servants are kept, the butler is still the boss of them all.