What is a former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. [Obs.] Burrill called?
filacer — A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. [Obs.] Burrill. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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