"Crier" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
An officer of a court, who makes proclamations. Hls principal duties are to announce the opening of the court and Its adjournment and the fact that certain speclal matters are about to be transacted, to announce the admission of persons to the bar, to call the names of jurors, witnesses, and parties, to announce that a witness has been sworn, to proclaim silence when so directed, and generally to make such proclamations of a public nature as the judges order
One who cries; one who makes proclamation.
an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a
court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a
town-crier.
If you your lips would keep from slips Five things observe with care To whom you speak of whom you speak And how and when and where.
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An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.
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