PETTY BAG
\pˈɛti bˈaɡ], \pˈɛti bˈaɡ], \p_ˈɛ_t_i b_ˈa_ɡ]\
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A little bag or sack in which some of the writs issuing out of a court or office of Common Law (which, with the Court of Equity, made up the Court of Chancery) were originally kept. Other writs issuing out of the same court (i.e. of Common Law) were generally kept in a hamper. Whence the Hanaper Office. See Hanaper.
By Henry Percy Smith
