- chafewax
- A chancery officer who attended to the wax used in sealing writs.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
chafewax
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Chafewax — Chafe wax , or Chaffwax Chaff wax , n. (Eng. Law) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chafewax — chafe·wax … English syllables
chafewax — /cheyfwaeks/ An officer in the English chancery whose duty was to prepare wax to seal the writs, commissions, and other instruments thence issuing. The office was abolished by St. 15 & 16 Viet., c. 87, No. 23 … Black's law dictionary
chafewax — /cheyfwaeks/ An officer in the English chancery whose duty was to prepare wax to seal the writs, commissions, and other instruments thence issuing. The office was abolished by St. 15 & 16 Viet., c. 87, No. 23 … Black's law dictionary
chafewax — … Useful english dictionary
Chaffwax — Chafewax Chafe wax , or Chaffwax Chaff wax , n. (Eng. Law) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chaffwax — variant of chafewax … Useful english dictionary
