See Also: cursitor(dictionary)
CURSITOR BARON, Eng(law)

cursitor (iou)



cursitor noun. E16.
[Legal Anglo-Norman coursetour from medieval Latin cursitor, from cursus COURSE noun1.]
Each of twenty-four officers of the Court of Chancery who until 1835 made out all the common or routine writs for their respective counties. obsolete exc. Hist. E16.
A tramp, a vagabond. M16-E18.
A courier. L16-M17.
Comb.: Cursitor Baron a baron of the former Court of Exchequer appointed for fiscal rather than legal expertise.