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Glove Silver

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Glove silver, extraordinary rewards formerly given to officers of courts, etc.; money formerly given by the sheriff of a county in which no offenders are left for execution to the clerk of assize and judge's officers.

Money given as an incentive or reward to a court officer, esp. money given by a sheriff to an assize official when no prisoners were left by assize for execution, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 699.

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