CUSTOS brevium, the principal clerk belonging to the court of common pleas, whose business is to receive and keep all the writs made returnable in that court, filing every return by itself ; and, at the end of each term, to receive of the pro thonotaries all the records of the nisi pri us, called the posteas. The posteas are first brought in by the clerks of assize of every circuit to , that prothonotary who entered the issue in the causes, in order to enter judgment; ağd after the protho notary has entered the verdict and judg ment thereupon into the rolls of the court; lie delivers them over to the custos brevi um, who binds them into a bundle. The custos brevium makes likwise entries of writs of covenant, and the concord upon every fine : by him also are made out exemplifications and copies of all writs and records in his office, and of all fines levied, which, being engrossed, are divid ed between him and the chirographer, which last keeps the writ of covenant and the note ; and the former the con cord and foot of the flue. The custos
brevium is made by the king's letters pa tent.
Corros rotttlorum, an officer who has the custody of the rolls and records of the sessions of' peace, and also of the commission of the peace itself. He usu &by Lb some person and always a justice of the peace, of the quorum in the county where he is appointed. This officer is made by writing under the king's sign manual, being the Lord Chan cellor's warrant to put him in commission. He may execute his office by a deputy, and is empowered to appoint the clerk of the peace, but he may not sell the place, on divers penalties.