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CHAFEWAX

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Eng. law. An officer in chancery who fits the wax for sealing, to the writs, commissions and other. instruments then made to be issued out. He is probably so called because he warms (chaufe) the wax. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition An officer in the English chancery whose duty was to fit the wax to seal the writs, commissions, and other instruments thence issuing. … [Read more...] about CHAFEWAX

CHAMBER SURVEYS

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At an early day in Pennsylvania, surveyors often made drafts on paper of pretended surveys of public lands, and returned them to the land office as duly surveyed, instead of going on the ground and establishing lines and marking corners; and these false and fraudulent pretenses of surveys never actually made were called "chamber surveys." Schraeder Min. & Mfg. Co. v. … [Read more...] about CHAMBER SURVEYS

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An abbreviated form of the Latin word confer, meaning "compare." Directs the reader's attention to another part of the work, to another volume, case, etc., where contrasted, analogous, or explanatory views or statements may be found. … [Read more...] about CF.