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SCRIBA

Lat. A scribe; a secretary. Scriba regis, a king’s secretary; a chancellor. Spelman. Scribere est agere. To write is to act Treasonable words set down in writing amount to overt acts of treason. 2 Rolle, 89; 4 Bl. Comm. 80; Broom, Max. 312, 967.

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