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† ˈpaper-book Obs.
[f. paper n. + book.]
1. A book of blank paper to write in.
1548Elyot Dict. s.v. Codex, Cartaceus codex, a paper booke. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 26 After this, the childe must take a paper booke, and sitting..by him self, let him translate into Englishe his former lesson. 1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 23 In reading hee must couch in a faire Alphabetique paper-book the notablest occurences. 1747Chesterfield Lett. (1774) I. xc. 266 To take memorandums of such things in a paper book. 1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 129 On his birth-day..I sent him a paper-book, finely bound.
2. Law. A copy of the demurrer book which contains the pleadings on both sides in an action, when the issue is one of law, not of fact.
1768Blackstone Comm. III. xxi. 317 Copies thereof, called paper-books, are delivered to the judges to peruse. 1796Mod. Gulliver 152 Pleas and paper books conclude this term. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 472 He had compared the case of Smith v. Parker in the report, with the paper-book, which was delivered to one of the Judges who then sat upon the bench. 1872Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 5), Paper book, the issues in law, etc., upon special pleadings, formerly made up by the clerk of the papers..an officer for that purpose, but now by the plaintiff's attorney or agent. |