In English practice, of-ficers of the court of chancery, who receiv-ed and filed all bills, answers, replications, and other papers, signed office copies of pleadings, examined and signed dockets of decrees, etc., and had the care of all records in thelr office. Holthouse; 3 Bl. Comm. 443. They were abolished by St. 5 Vict. c. 5
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
