BAGA
\bˈɑːɡə], \bˈɑːɡə], \b_ˈɑː_ɡ_ə]\
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In English law. A bag or purse. Thus there is the petty-bag-oflice in the common- law jurisdiction of the court of chancery, because all original writs relating to the business of the crown were formerly kept in a little sack or bag, in parvd bagd. 1 Madd. Ch. 4.
By Henry Campbell Black
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