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elisor

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[ih-lahy-zer] / ɪˈlaɪ zər /

noun

Law.

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

Etymology

Origin of elisor

1400–50; late Middle English elisour < Anglo-French, equivalent to elis- (variant stem of elire to choose < Latin ēligere ) + -our -or 2

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