GREEN CLOTH
\ɡɹˈiːn klˈɒθ], \ɡɹˈiːn klˈɒθ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈiː_n k_l_ˈɒ_θ]\
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In English law. A board or court of justice held in tlie countinghouseof the king's (or queen's) household, and composed of the lord steward and inferiorofficers. It takes its name from the green cloth spread over the board at which it isheld. Wharton; Cowell.
By Henry Campbell Black
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