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Definition of Compters
1. compter [n] - See also: compter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compters
Literary usage of Compters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"Dreadful condition of Prisons—Bridewell—Description of—Flogging— Houses of
Correction—compters—Description of the Poultry compters — ' Garnish' — Newgate ..."
2. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... then the collector may be committed ton. of the compters, there to be detained,
till he shall a same, or such composition as the commissioners stall c> ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the King's Courts at Westminster by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1799)
"... wounding and imprisonment ; the defendant as to wounding there upon a plaint
of debt entered in any of the compters ..."
4. A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Guild of Saddlers of the City of by John William Sherwell (1889)
"The compters.—Ludgate. HISTORICAL NOTICES CONTINUED : Gunpowder Plot.—King of
Denmark Visits the City.—James I. grants the Company a Charter. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"... two compters and the said prison of Ludgate, and also the offices at the said
two compters, and the records and proceedings kept there as aforesaid, ..."
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