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serjeant-at-arms

serjeant-at-arms noun: an officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit. Also the archaic spelling of sergeant-at-arms.

Noun

serjeant-at-arms (plural serjeants-at-arms)

  1. (UK, historical) An officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit.
  2. (UK) A similar officer who attends on each House of Parliament, and arrests any person ordered by the House to be arrested. The post still exists with respect to the UK House of Commons, but is largely ceremonial.

Also used as

serjeant-at-arms is also the archaic spelling of sergeant-at-arms.

Forms of serjeant-at-arms

pluralserjeants-at-arms

Questions about serjeant-at-arms

What does serjeant-at-arms mean?
Serjeant-at-arms means an officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit.
What part of speech is serjeant-at-arms?
Serjeant-at-arms is a noun.
What is the plural of serjeant-at-arms?
The plural of serjeant-at-arms is serjeants-at-arms.

Words near serjeant-at-arms in the dictionary

  1. serjanty
  2. serjas
  3. serjeancies
  4. serjeancy
  5. serjeant
  6. serjeant-at-arms
  7. serjeant-at-law
  8. serjeant-at-mace
  9. serjeantcies
  10. serjeantcy
  11. serjeanties

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