An officer of the court in several European countries who serves processes and notices, seizes and auctions off property, and executes garnishments, levies, and evictions, roughly similar to British bailiffs or private constables in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
The presiding justice of the supreme court.
A man of the law: a lawyer.
One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.