Ledger Book
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In ecclesiastical law
The name of a book kept in the prerogative courts in England. It is considered as a roll of the court, but, it seems, it cannot be read in evidence. Bac. Abr. LEDGREVIUS (Law Lat.) In old English law. A lathe reeve, or chief officer of lathe.
Spelman.
A leash by which dogs were led.
Yearb. M. 18 Heri. VI. 6.