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In law, a '''Messenger of the Court''' is an officer whose duties including carrying communications, verbal or written, and executing other orders of the court.<ref>{{cite book |last=Black |first=Henry Campbell |date=1910 |title=A Law Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R2c8AAAAIAAJ |publisher=West Publishing Company |page=776}}</ref> In the case of a bankruptcy court, the Messenger's duties include seizing and taking possession of the bankrupt's estate. 
In the Plymouth Colony, the Messenger's duties included serving summonses, keeping the jail, and carrying out executions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stratton |first=Eugene Aubrey |date=1986 |title=Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620–1691 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TH062rPP2MC |publisher=Ancestry Publishing |page=306}}</ref>

==See also==
* Messenger-at-arms

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