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Hanaper Office

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Hanaper-office, an office belonging to the Common Law jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, so called because all writs relating to the business of a subject, and their returns, were formerly kept in a hamper, in hanaperio, 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103. See now CENTRAL OFFICE.

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