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Petty-bag Office
Petty-bag Office, an office belonging to the Common Law jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for suits for and against solicitors and officers of that Court, and for process and proceedings by extents on statutes, recognizances, ad quod damnum scire facias to repel letters-patent, etc., Termes de la Ley. The term is derived from the little bag (parva baga) in which original writs relating to the business of the Crown were anciently kept.By the Great Seal Offices Abolition Act, 1884, s. 5, provision was made for the abolition of the office of Clerk of the Petty Bag, and the transfer of his duties, and in 1888, the last holder of the office dying, it ceased to exist.The Common Law jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery is now transferred to the High Court of Justice [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 18(2)(b)], replacing (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 16).Pew [fr. puye, Dut.; appui, Fr.], an enclosed seat in a church. It is some what in the nature of an heirloom, and may descend by immemorial ...
Cursitors
Cursitors [fr. Clerici de cursu, Lat.], clerks of the Court of Chancery, whomade out original writs, and were called clerks of cours, 18 Edw. 3, st. 5. Their office was abolished by 5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 82, ss. 10, 11 and 12 and their duties were transferred to the Petty Bag Office. See PETTY BAG OFFICE....
Baga
Baga, a bag or purse. See PETTY BAG OFFICE.A bag or purse, esp. one in which original writs were kept by the chancery; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Chancery Common Law Seal
Chancery Common Law Seal, for the sealing of writs, etc., out of the Petty Bag Office, 12 & 13 Vict. c. 109, ss. 11, 14. See now R. S. C., Ord. LXI....
Great Seal (Offices) Act, 1874
Great Seal (Offices) Act, 1874 (English) (37 & 38Vict. c. 81. This Act makes provision for the abolition of various offices connected with the Great Seal; such as those of the Messenger of the Great Seal, Clerk of the Petty Bag, Clerk f the Patents, and Purse-bearer to the Lord Chancellor....
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