Arcarius
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat [from area, a chest.] A treasurer.
Spelman.
ARCA CHIROGRAPHICA (or CHI- ROQRAPHORUM) JUD-^ORUM. L. Lat. The charter chest of the Jews. A common chest, with three locks and keys, kept ancientlv in England by certain Christians and Jews specially designated for that purpose, in which all the contracts, mortgages and obligations belonging to the Jews were kept; and this by order of King Richard I. Blount.
Molloy de Jur. Marit. 466, 466.