"Steward" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
This word signlfles a man appointed ln the place or stead of another, and generally denotes a principal oflicer within his jurisdiction. Brown
A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a
ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc.
In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage
steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide
for the messes under their charge.
A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a
Methodist church.
To manage as a steward.
In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the
students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to
the accounts of the students.
In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to
exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to
manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the
rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
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A bailiff or steward; an agent.
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. An ob-solete writ, which commanded a sheriff or steward of a county court or hundred court …
Read the complete definitionAn overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
Read the complete definitionIn a general sense, a person to whom some authority, care, guardianship, or jurisdiction is delivered, committed, or intrusted; one …
Read the complete definitionA steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
Read the complete definitionA tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As …
Read the complete definitionA kind of steward or agent.
Read the complete definitionA tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, …
Read the complete definitionA species of estate at will, or customary estate in England, the only vis-ible title to whlch consists of the …
Read the complete definitionAn inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now …
Read the complete definitionA court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the …
Read the complete definitionThe name of an English court of record held once in the year, and’ not oftener, within a particular hundred, …
Read the complete definitionThe low-est (and most expeditious) of the courts of justice known to the older law of England. It Is supposed …
Read the complete definitionA high court, formerly held in England by the steward and marshal of the king's household, haviug jurisdiction of all …
Read the complete definitionOne who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward …
Read the complete definitionA steward either of a king or lord. Spelman
Read the complete definitionOne who dispends or expends; a steward.
Read the complete definitionTo deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; …
Read the complete definitionIn old European law. A seneschal, steward, or major domo; a judge's assistant; an assessor, (q. v.) Spel-man
Read the complete definitionSax. A contribution of tenants, in the time of the Saxons, towards a potation, or ale, provided to entertain the …
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