clerks of the general sessions of the peace
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Clerks of the courts of common pleas, known as county clerks, in England and in the American colonies, who were also ex-officio clerks of the general sessions of the peace and registers of deeds in their respective counties.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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