EXAMINERS

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EXAMINERS, practice. Persons appointed to question students of law, in order 
  to ascertain their qualifications before they are admitted to practice. 
  Officers in the courts of chancery whose duty it is to examine witnesses, 
  are also called examiners. Com. Dig. Chancery, P 1. For rules as to the mode 
  of taking examinations, see Gresl. Eq. Ev. pt. 1, c, 3, s. 2.