Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Green Wax

Estreats delivered to a sheriff out of the Exchequer, under the seal of the court, which is impressed upon green wax, to be levied (7 Henry IV. c. 3). (Wharton: Law Lexicon.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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