A word mentioned in 9 Hen. VI. c. 65, by the sense of which it was in those days a klnd of trade, and by tlie judges declared to be lawful. But Brooke, in hls abrldgment, says it was only permissi-ble by law. It was, wlthout doubt, a nick-name glven to those who used to change benefices, as to "chop and change" is a com-mon expression. Jacob
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
