RECORDER  , in its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original sense, one who sets down or records . Hence applied to a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person with legal knowledge who was appointed by the See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor and aldermen to " See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record " or keep in mind the proceedings of their See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, as well as the customs of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . The word is now chiefly used of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal legal officer of a city or See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough having a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate court of See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter sessions . He must be a See also:

• BARRISTER

barrister of five years' See also:

• STANDING

standing, appointed by the See also:

• CROWN

crown and holding See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office during See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good behaviour, and receiving " such yearly See also:

• SALARY

salary, not exceeding that stated in the See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition on which the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of a separate court of quarter sessions was made," as the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign directs (Municipal Corporations See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1882, s . 163) . The re-corder holds, once in every quarter of a See also:

• YEAR

year, or oftener, if he thinks See also:

• FIT

fit, a court of quarter sessions in and for the borough . He is See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the court, " having See also:

• COGNIZANCE (Lat. cognoscere, to know)

cognizance of all crimes, offences, and matters cognizable by courts of quarter sessions for counties in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England," except that he may not allow or See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy any borough See also:

• RATE

rate, or grant licences (s . 165) . He is not eligible to serve in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for the borough, or to be an See also:

• ALDERMAN (from A.-S. ealdorman, compounded of the comparative degree of the adjective eald, old, and man)

alderman or councillor, or stipendiary See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate for the borough, though he may be revising barrister and is eligible to serve in Parliament except for the borough . He may be appointed recorder for two or more boroughs conjointly . He may, in See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of sickness or unavoidable See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence, appoint in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing a barrister of five years' standing to act as deputyrecorder for him . A recorder is ex officio a See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice for the borough .

The recorder of See also:

• LONDON

London is judge of the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord mayor 's court, and one of the commissioners of the central criminal court . His salary is £4000 a year . He is appointed by the lord mayor and aldermen, but by the See also:

• LOCAL

Local See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government Act 1888, s . 42, sub-s . 14, after the vacancy next after the beginning of the act, no recorder may exercise any judicial See also:

• FUNCTION

function unless he is appointed by the sovereign to exercise such function . See QUARTER SESSIONS, COURT OF .