(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:40:24

Knight" mar"shal (?). Eng.Law

An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.

Wharton.

 

© Webster 1913.

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