| 单词 | to traverse an office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto traverse an office P1. Law to traverse an office: to contest or dispute the findings of an inquest of office (see office n. 8). Cf. sense 1a. Now rare (historical in later use). [After Anglo-Norman traverser un office (late 13th cent. or earlier).] ΚΠ 1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §50. m. 2 If any man traverse any office take byfore any eschetour..no proteccion be allowyd nor alowable. a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 19v Therfore in a verie strong case one doth trauerse the office which is in the chancerie by reason the land is holden of him by knightes seruice and not of the king. 1727 S. Burroughs Legal Judicature in Chancery 13 When any of the King's subjects came into Chancery, and offered to traverse any office there. 1961 Hist. Jrnl. 4 10 After the inquest, the commissioners naturally seized the manor into the king's hands; but the feofees traversed the office. < as lemmas |
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