Paper Office
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. An ancient office in the palace of Whitehall, where all the public writings, matters of state and council, proclamations, letters, intelligences, negotiations of the queen's ministers abroad, and generally all the papers and dispatches that pass through the office of the secretaries of state, are deposited. Also an office or room in the court of queen's bench, where the records belonging to that court are deposited; sometimes called "paper mill." Wharton.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An ancient office in the palace of Whitehall, wherein state papers are kept. Also an ancient office for the court records in the court of queen’s bench, sometimes called the paper-mill, Moz. & W. See Jac. L. Diet.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. An ancient office in the paiaee of Whitehall, uffiere all the public writings, matters of state and council, proclamations, letters, intelligences, negotiations of the queen's ministers abroad. and generally all the papers and dispatches that pass through the offices of the secretaries of state, are deposited. Also an office or room in the court of queen's bench where the records belonging to that court are deposited; sometimes called "paper-mill." Wharton.
Defined under Paper in Black's Law Dictionary.