Legal Term: BEARERS

Definition: Eng. crim. law. Such as bear down or oppress others, maintainers. In Ruffheads Statutes it is employed to translate the French word emparnours, which signifies, according to Kelham, undertakers of suits. 4 Ed. III. c. 11. This word is no longer used in this sense.

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