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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Hanaper Office.

Hist. An office formerly belonging to the common-law jurisdiction of the Chancery Court. ( The term derives from the storage of writs in a hamper (in hanaperio). Crown writs, on the other hand, were stored in the Petty Bag Office. The Hanaper Office was abolished in 1842. See BAGA.

hanaper

n. [Law Latin hanaperium "hamper"] Hist. 1. A basket or hamper used by the Chancery to store writs and returns. 2. The treasury of the Chancery, funded from the fees charged for writs. Cf. Fiscus.