Obs. [f. APPOSE1 + -ER1.]
1. One who apposes; a questioner, examiner.
1551. T. Wilson, Logic, 61. The apposer must fight with the weapon of his wit.
1577–87. Harrison, England, I. II. iii. 84. In those [Windsor, Wincester, Eaton, Westminster schools] … the triall is made by certeine apposers yearelie appointed to examine them.
1759. Boyer, Fr. Dict., Apposer, Examinateur.
2. An Exchequer officer who examined or audited the sheriffs’ accounts. (The office was abolished in 1833.)
1641. Termes de la Ley, 165. Forrein Apposer is an Officer in the Exchequer, to whom all Sherifes and Baylifes doe repaire by him to be apposed of their greene waxe.
1738. Hist. Crt. Exchequer, v. 108. A new Officer, before whom the Sheriff was to account on his Process, who is called the Foreign Apposer.
