Seriaunt

Concept of “Seriaunt,serjeant”

Traditional meaning of seriaunt,serjeant in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) The highest degree in the profession of common law. Serjeants wore the coif, and had formerly the exclusive right to practise in the Common Pleas.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Seriaunt,serjeant”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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