A hamper or basket In which were kept the writs of the court of chancery relating to the business of a subject, and their returns. 8 Bl. Comm. 49. According to others, the fees accruing on writs, etc., were there kept. Spelman; Du Cange. 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 Yates v. People, 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 363.
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