Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CURSITOR
n.[L., to run. ] In England, a clerk in the court of chancery, whose business is to make out original writs. In the statute 18 Edward III, the cursitors are called clerks of course. They are twenty four in number, and are a corporation among themselves. To each are assigned certain counties, to which he issue writs.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CURSITOR
Cur "si *tor (kr "s-tr ), n. Etym: [LL. cursitor, equiv. to L. cursor, fr. cursare to run hither and thither, fr. currere to run. See Current, and cf. Cursor. ]
1. A courier or runner. [Obs. ] "Cursitors to and fro. " Holland.
2. (Eng. Law )
Defn: An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.
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