ˈlaw-ˈstationer
[f. law n.1 + stationer.]
A tradesman who keeps in stock stationery and other articles required by lawyers. In Great Britain and Ireland, the business includes the taking in of manuscripts and legal documents to be fairly copied or engrossed.
| 1836 Sir H. Taylor Statesman xxiii. 169 Paying persons in the rank of law-stationers and their hired writers at the rate of so much per folio. 1851 Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 383 Some copying, that I occasionally obtain from the law⁓stationers. |