liber

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The inner bark of plants, next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is the part from which the fibre of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
2. (countable, uncountable)A book of public records.

   “The libers of wills above mentioned are estimated to contain 600 pages, which would make the average cost, per liber, $636.”

   “[…]the proceeds whereof to be used for the purpose of relabeling, rebinding and resewing libers in my office, all obligations to be incurred on or before December 31, 1918, which resolution was adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on August 9, 1918.”

   “The libers containing this record have not been written in duplicate, but are contained in single consecutive liber form and are 2,865 in number. While there is a constant wear on these records, which necessitates untiring supervision, recopying, and repair, there were at the beginning of our project some 470 libers in an unserviceable condition, due to the deterioration of the parchment on which they are written,[…].”

   “You will also notice that on the last three full pages and page 37 which contains ten, there is not a single market or a single D recorded, the reason for that being that the libers which were included were agreed upon by Dr. Deming and myself, upon an examination of the libers in question in the County Clerk’s Office, and some instruments are dated within the period but recorded sometime later. The usual recording time we found to be anywhere from two to four or five days.”

name

1. (Roman)A god of viticulture and wine, as well as male fertility and freedom.