subs. (obsolete legal).—See quot. [The old Court of Exchequer is now merged in the High Court of Justice.]
1765–9. BLACKSTONE, Commentaries, III. iii. Note. In the courts of exchequer, two of the most experienced barristers, called the POST-MAN and the tub-man (from the places in which they sit), have also a precedence in motions.
