Chafewax
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An officer in chancery who fits the wax for sealing to the writs, commissions, and other instruments there made to be issued out. He is probably so called because he warms (,chaufe) the wax.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An officer in chancery who fits the wax for sealing to the writs, commissions, and other instruments there made to be issued out He is probably so called because he warms (chaufe) the wax.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
An officer in chancery in England who fits, i. e. heats, the wax for the sealing of writs and other instruments.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[chafe, Fr. chafer, to heat.] An officer in chancery in England who fits (by heating or melting) the wax for the sealing of writs and o Uier instruments. CowelL