Greencloth \Green"cloth`\ (-kl[o^]th`; 115), n.
A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting
house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the
lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of
matters of justice in the household, with power to correct
offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace,
which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.
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