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e•lis•or
(i lī′zər),USA pronunciation n. [Law.]
- Lawa person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Latin ēligere) + -our -or2
- Anglo-French, equivalent. to elis- (variant stem of elire to choose
- late Middle English elisour 1400–50
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