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To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. Dryden.

One who marshals.

The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. Marshaling of assets (Law), the arranging or ranking of assets in due order of administration.

The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. [Eng.] Court of Marshalsea, a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer justice between the king's domestic servants. Blackstone.

The office of a marshal.

The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.

To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] Drummond.

An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.…

An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.

An under or deputy marshal.

ers adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.

ngement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham.

Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life. Marshall.

ed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade. Campbell. These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. Farrar.

same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4. The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. Miss Yonge. Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.

cles [clothes and blankets] in Philadelphia, and they were not attainable in the country. Marshall.

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances. He held the baton of command. Prescott.

letter; a statement in few words. Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. Shak. And she told me In a sweet, verbal brief. Shak.

A term applied to the centrifugal, or efferent course of the nervous infuence. Marshall Hall.