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
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
L I.
In old English law. Exchequer.