"exigenter" means: An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents.. This is technical or formal vocabulary, more likely to appear in school work, news or a particular profession than in peer chat. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your child uses the term, it is usually a sign of curiosity about a subject area. A short follow-up question about where they came across it is usually all that is needed.
exigenter
(UK, legal, obsolete) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents.
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(UK, legal, obsolete) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents.
There are also four Exigenters, whose Office is to make all Exigents and Proclamations in all Actions where Process of Outlawry doth lye.
"exigenter" means: An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents.. This is technical or formal vocabulary, more likely to appear in school work, news or a particular profession than in peer chat. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your child uses the term, it is usually a sign of curiosity about a subject area. A short follow-up question about where they came across it is usually all that is needed.
"exigenter" means: An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents.. Register: formal or technical English, standard in its specialist domain (law, medicine, science, finance, etc.). Gloss the term with a plain synonym when writing for a general audience. Note the regional or dialect label (UK) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this
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