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| Noun | 1. A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FILACER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Filacer \Fil"a*cer\, noun. [from Old English expression filace file, or thread, on which the records of the courts of justice were strung, French filasse tow of flax or hemp, from the Latin expression filum thread.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FILACER
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] An officer in the English Court of Common Pleas, so called from filing the writs on which he makes process. There are fourteen of them in their several divisions and counties. They make out all original processes, real, personal and mixed. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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