filacer Meaning, Definition & Usage

Fil"a*cer noun

Etymology

OE. filace a file, or thread, on which the records of the courts of justice were strung, F. filasse tow of flax or hemp, fr. L. filum thread.

Definitions

1. (Eng. Law) A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. Obs. Burrill.