Cŭs'tōs, n.

noun

n.; pl. CUS-TŌ'DĒS. [Lat.] A keeper; custodian; superintendent. [Obs.]

Custos brevium (Law), the principal clerk of the Common Pleas.—Custos rotulorum, the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.