elisor

[ ih-lahy-zer ]

/ ɪˈlaɪ zər /

a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.

Also eslisor.

Origin of elisor

1400–50; late Middle English elisour < Anglo-French, equivalent to elis- (variant stem of elire to choose < Latin ēligere) + -our -or²

elisavetgrad, elisavetpol, elise, elisha, elision, elisor, elissa, elite, elitism, elitist, elix.

That day, Ruef was taken from the custody of the elisor and locked up in the county jail.

'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution |Franklin Hichborn
Perry did so until nearly a year later, when Ruef was placed in the custody of an elisor.

'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution |Franklin Hichborn
When mass was half over, however, she opened the petition, and found in it the half-ring which she had given to Elisor.

The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) |Margaret, Queen Of Navarre
Elisor Biggy continued his keeper for many months following.

'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution |Franklin Hichborn

If the elisor, or the guards, were not in the same room they were quite close by.

'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution |Franklin Hichborn