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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
A courier or runner.
When actions are brought in the Courts of King's Bench or Common Pleas, founded upon original writs issuing out of the Courts of Chancery (which writs, as stated in the Report of the 9th of April 1816, it is the duty of the Cursitors to …
Origin: From ; in the legal sense, from , from the words de cursu, applied in the statute to ordinary writs. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, law, obsolete) A clerk in the Court of Chancery whose business is to make out original writs.
When actions are brought in the Courts of King's Bench or Common Pleas, founded upon original writs issuing out of the Courts of Chancery (which writs, as stated in the Report of the 9th of April 1816, it is the duty of the Cursitors to …
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