elisor

[ ih-lahy-zer ]

nounLaw.

a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.

Origin of elisor

1400–50; late Middle English elisour<Anglo-French, equivalent to elis- (variant stem of elire to choose <Latin ēligere) + -our-or²

elisor took the ring and broke it in two, giving one half of it to the Queen, and keeping the other himself.
The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) | Margaret, Queen Of Navarre
When mass was half over, however, she opened the petition, and found in it the half-ring which she had given to elisor.
The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) | Margaret, Queen Of Navarre
Having taken his man, the elisor was at a loss to know what to do with him.
'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution | Franklin Hichborn
If the elisor, or the guards, were not in the same room they were quite close by.
'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution | Franklin Hichborn
This occurred when Ruef was placed in the custody of elisor Biggy.
'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution | Franklin Hichborn

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