FILACER

Etymology

Noun

filacer (plural filacers)

(Britain, legal, obsolete) A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas, so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process.

Anagrams

• life car, lifecar

Source: Wiktionary


Fil"a*cer, n. Etym: [OE. filace a file, or thread, on which the records of the courts of justice were strung, F. filasse tow of flax or hemp, fr. L. filum thread.] (Eng. Law)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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