In old Engllsh practlce. The pecullar hand in which the records of courts were written from the earliest period down to the reign of George II. Its char-acteristics were great strength, compactness, and undeviatiug uniformity; and its use uu-doubtedly gave to the ancient record its ac-knowledged superiority over the modern, In the important quality of durability
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
