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Definition of Prothonotaries
1. prothonotary [n] - See also: prothonotary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prothonotaries
Literary usage of Prothonotaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia: Fifth Series by Nova Scotia, Otto S. Weeks (1884)
"OF prothonotaries AND CLERKS OF THE CROWN. and Clerk of the Crown in every county,
as vacancies ... The prothonotaries shall on or before the first day ..."
2. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in Personal by William Tidd, Francis Joseph Troubat, Asa Israel Fish, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1856)
"Costs are taxed by the master in the King's Bench, or prothonotaries in the Common
Pleas, as will be more fully shown in the next Chapter : and final ..."
3. Journal by Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate (1916)
"... entitled 'An act to provide for the appointment of deputy prothonotaries in
counties of this Commonwealth having a population of more than two hundred ..."
4. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1874)
"... second or next to the chief officer ; as, secondaries to the prothonotaries
of the courts of king's bench or common pleas; secondary of the remembrancer ..."
5. The New Practice of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer by William Tidd, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1837)
"Of JUDGMENTS by CONFESSION, and DEFAULT ; the ASSESSMENT of DAMAGES, by REFERENCE
to the MASTER or prothonotaries, or by WRIT of INQUIRY ; and PROCEEDINGS ..."
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