单词 | keeper of the writs |
释义 | > as lemmaskeeper of the writs keeper of the writs n. (also with capital initials) now historical (the title of) an officer in the Courts of Common Pleas and King's (or Queen's) Bench, who has the custody of writs, warrants, and other documents; = custos brevium n.Also more fully keeper of the writs and rolls, keeper of the writs and records, keeper of the writs, rolls, and records. ΚΠ 1627 R. Bernard Isle of Man (ed. 4) ii. 116 There is also the Clerke of the Assises, the keeper of the Writs, that hath all the Inditements. 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 3 Keeper of the Writs and Rolls, Fee. 1742 J. Anderson Geneal. Hist. House of Yvery I. i. ii. 28 King Charles II..granted the Reversion of the Offices of Clerk of the Crown in the King's Bench, Prothonotary and Chief Clerk of the Common Pleas, and Keeper of the Writs, Rolls &c. in the said Court, to them during their natural Lives. 1858 T. F. Ellis & C. Blackburn Rep. Queen's Bench 7 41 In Herbert v. Paget..a majority of the Judges of this Court held that the keeper of the writs and records of this Court was liable to an action by a party who was injured by an improper alteration of a record. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 8 193 Five persons, including the Keeper of the Writs and one of the clerks of the Counter at London, were involved. 2015 A. Gransden Hist. Abbey Bury St Edmunds 1257–1301 49 Roger of Leicester..was a court clerk and from 1262 keeper of the writs and rolls. < as lemmas |
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