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Teller :: Teller (n.) One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king..

Exchequering :: Exchequering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excheque.

Puisne :: Puisne (a.) Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer..

Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..

Chief Baron :: Chief baron () The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.

Aid :: Aid (v. t.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan..

Chequer :: Chequer (n. & v.) Same as Checker.

Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock..

Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

Tubman :: Tubman (n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer. Cf. Postman, 2..

Estreat :: Estreat (v. t.) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine..

Black Book :: Black book () A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc..

Postman :: Postman (n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman..

Prest :: Prest (n.) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands..

Cutter :: Cutter (n.) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

Exchequer :: Exchequer (v. t.) To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

Stock :: Stock (n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil..

Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe..

Apposer :: Apposer (n.) An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts..

Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..

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