Green Cloth
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An English board or court of justice, composed of the lord steward and inferior officers, and held in the royal household. So named from the cloth upon the board at which it is held.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An English board or court of Justice, composed of the lord steward and inferior officers, and held in the royal household; so named from the cloth upon the board at which it was held. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. A board or court of justice held in the counting-house of the king's household, and composed of the lord steward and inferior ofi Bcei-s. It takes its name from the green cloth which covers the board at which it is held.
In old English law. Green wax: the estreats of issues, fines and amerciaments in the exchequer, delivered to the sheriffs under seal made in green wax, to be levied by them in their several counties.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In English law. A board or court of justice held in the counting-house of the king's [or queen's] household, and composed of the lord steward and inferior officers. It takes its name from the green cloth spread over the board at which it is held. Wharton's Lex. Cowell, voc. Counting House.