A legal official appointed to select jurors or perform other duties when the usual officer cannot do so.
From Old French 'elisour,' derived from Latin 'eligere' meaning 'to choose' or 'to select.' The term emerged in medieval English law to describe a deputy who could make selections in place of the regular officer.
The elisor was medieval England's solution to a practical problem: what happens if your sheriff is biased or unavailable? You needed someone neutral to pick jurors, and that's exactly what an elisor did.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.