CLERK

In ecclesiastical law. A person in holy orders; a clergyman; an lndivid• ual attached to the ecclesiastical state, and · who has the clerical tonsure. See 4 BI. Comm. 366, 367.· In practice. A person employed In a public office, or as an officer of a court, whose duty ls to keep records or accounts. In commercial law. A person employed by a merchant, or 1n a mercantile establish• ment, as a salesman, book-keeper, account· ·ant, amanuensis, etc., invested with more or le authority in the administration of some branch or department of the busine , while the principal himself superintends· the whole. State v. Barter, 58 N. H. 604; Hamuel v. State, 5 Mo. 264; Railroad Co. v. Trust Oo., • 82 Md. 535,-34 Atl. 778, 38 L. R. A. 97. -Clerk of arraigns. In English law. An a istant to the clerk of a ise. His duties are in the crown court on circuit.-Clerk of a ise. In English law. Officers who officiate as a ociates on the circuits. They record all judicial proceedings done by the judges on the circuit-Clerk of court. An officer of a court of justice who has cha·rge of the clerical part of its busine , who keeps it-s records and seal, i ues proce , enters judgments and orders, gives certified copies from the records, etc. Peterson v. State, 45 Wis. 540; Ro v. Heathcock.- 57 Wis. 89, 15 N. W. 9;. Gordon v, State, z Tex. App. 154; U. S. v. Warren, 12 Oki. 350, 71 Pac. 685.-Clerk of enrollments. In IDnglish law. The former chief officer of the English enrollment office, (q. v.) He now forms part of the staff of the central office.-Clerk of the crown ln chancery, See CBOWN OFFIOE IN CHANCE BY.-Clerk of the house of commons, An important officer of the English house of commons. He is appointed by the crown aa under-clerk of the parliaments to attend upon the commons. He makes a declaration, on entering upon his of• fice. to make true entries, remembrances, and journals of the things done and pa ed in the house. He signs all orders of the house, in-· dorses the bills sent or returned to the lords, and read1 whatever iii required to be read in the house. He has the custody of all recordl!I and other documents. May, Parl. Pr. 236.- Olerk of the market, The overseer or snperintendent ot a public market. In old Eng• Hsh law, he was a' quaai judicial officer hav• 1 ~ l)Ower to settle controversies aris i~ m tu [s. 214]