lawspeaker

noun

(history) An official in Scandinavian countries whose duties included memorizing laws as well as presiding over, and reciting the laws at, regional Things or the Althing; the office of that person.

The lawspeaker is responsible for interpreting and applying the law.

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(history) An official in Scandinavian countries whose duties included memorizing laws as well as presiding over, and reciting the laws at, regional Things or the Althing; the office of that person.

In every legal district there is a lawspeaker, and he has the greatest power among the farmers, because whatever he decides to be the law stands. […] But whenever there is a conflict in their laws, then the Uppsala laws prevail; and all the other lawspeakers have a lower rank than the one who functions for the Tíundaland.

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