green wax
/ˈɡriːn ˌwaks/noun
A document or estreat giving notice of a fine, amercement, etc., delivered by the Exchequer and bearing a green wax seal; such documents regarded collectively; (in extended use) the office issuing them. Also in process (also amerciament, issue) of green wax. Compare green cloth. Now historical.
- The office of Surveyor of Green Wax continued to exist nominally in the Exchequer Office until the early part of the 19th cent., but without substantive functions..
Origin
Middle English. From green + wax.
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