Seal-office

English Law: Seal-office in the Past

The office at which certain judicial writs are sealed with the prerogative seal and without which they are of no author-ity. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The officer whose duty it is to seal such writs is called “sealer of writs;” [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about seal-office is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including seal-office.

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