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Alnager

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An officer who measured woolen cloth and collected the duties thereon.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

aulnager, alneger. In old English ell; a sworn public officer whose duty it woolen cloths, seal them and collect the

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Aulnager, Alneger. [L. Lat. ulniger, ulnator.] A measurer by the ell. A sworn public officer in England, whose duty it was to look to the assise of woollen cloths made in the country, and to put a seal ordained for that purpose, upon them. Stat. 25 Edw. III, st. 4, c. 1. Stat. 8 Ric. II., c. 2. Cowell, Blount. Termes de la ley.