In English law. A – person appointed by a court to take the examb nation of witnesses in an action, i. e., to take down the result of thelr interrogation by the parties or thelr counsel, either by written in-terrogatorles or vivd voce. An examiner is generally appointed where a witness is in a foreign country, or is too 111 or infirm to attend before the court, and is either an officer of the court, or a person specially appointed for the purpose. Sweet