Chaffers
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Anciently signified wares and merchandise. Hence the word chaffering, which is yet used for buying and sell- CHAFFERY Traffic; the practice of buying and selling. Rapalje & L.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Anciently signified wares and merchandise; hence the word chaffering, which is yet used for buying and selling, or beating down the price of an article. The word is used in stat 3 Edw. III. c. 4.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An ancient term for goods, wares, and merchandise.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A word used in the English statute 3 Edw. IV. c. 4, and supposed to mean wares or merchandize. Cowell. Blount. Cowell says, "we yet use chaffering for buying and selling." In modern parlance the latter word rather denotes a bargaining, or negotiating the terms of a bargain. Webster.