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Scaccarium

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A chequered cloth, resembling a chess board, which covered the table in the exchequer, and on which, when certain of the king's accounts were made up, the sums were marked and scored with counters. Hence the court of exchequer, or curia scaccarii, derived its name. 3 Bl. Comm. 44.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A cloth resembling a checker-board, used in accounting in the exchequer.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A chequered cloth resembling a chess-board which covered the table in the Exchequer, and on which, when certain of the king’s accounts were made up, the sums were marked and scored with counters. Hence the court of exchequer or curia scaccarii derived its name. 3 Bla. Com. 44.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In old English law. Exchequer.