petty-bag

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• petty bag — noun or petty bag office Etymology: petty bag from obsolete English petty small (from Middle English pety) + English bag; from the fact that the record of each case was kept in a small bag : a former office of the common law side of the English… …   Useful english dictionary

• petty bag office — An office in the English court of chancery where original writs were issued which related to the interests of the crown. Those writs that related to a subject were originally kept in a hamper and those which related to the interests of the crown… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• petty-bag office — noun see petty bag …   Useful english dictionary

• clerk of the petty bag — An officer of the English chancery court who enrolled the admission of solicitors and other officers of the court …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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• baga — /baega/ In old English law, a bag or purse. Thus there was the petty bag office in the common law jurisdiction of the court of chancery, because all original writs relating to the business of the crown were formerly kept in a little sack or bag,… …   Black's law dictionary

• baga — /baega/ In old English law, a bag or purse. Thus there was the petty bag office in the common law jurisdiction of the court of chancery, because all original writs relating to the business of the crown were formerly kept in a little sack or bag,… …   Black's law dictionary

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