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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A certificate formerly given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction, the original proprietor or first assignee of it being exempted by a statute of William III,from all parish and ward offices within the parish or ward where the felony had been committed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (O. Eng. Law) A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.
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