Heraldry
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
(1) The science of heralds; (2) an old and obsolete abuse of buying and selling precedence In the paper of causes for hearing.
2 North’s Life of Lord-Keeper Guilford, 2d ed. 86.