Hanaper Office, an office of the Court of Chancery, from which certain writs were formerly issued. The name is derived from the fact that the papers and writs used to be kept in a hamper (in hanaperio). The Comptrollers of the Hanaper were abolished in 1842.
Hanaper Office
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 538
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