Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filacer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fi-lac-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench, so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"When actions are brought in the Courts of King's Bench or Common Pleas, founded upon original writs issuing out of the Courts of Chancery (which writs, as stated in the Report of the 9th of April 1816, it is the duty of the Cursitors to make out) it has been the practice in certain cases for the Filacers of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas respectively, to receive from the Suitors the King's fines (if any) and also the fees payable to the Cursitors in respect of such original writs, and afterwards to account to the Cursitors for the fines and fees so received."

Etymology

From Old English filace (“a file or thread on which the records of the courts of justice were strung”), from French filasse (“tow of flax or hemp”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: filace, filasse, filum

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

filacers (plural)

Questions

What does filacer mean?: A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench, so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process
Where does filacer come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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