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Chancery

see synonyms of chancery

Noun

1. chancery, court of chancery

a court with jurisdiction in equity

2. chancery

an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records

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Chancery

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noun plural -ceries
1. Also called: Chancery Division
(in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
2. Also called: court of chancery
(in the US) a court of equity
3. British
the political section or offices of an embassy or legation
4.  another name for chancellery
5. 
a court of public records; archives
6. Christianity
a diocesan office under the supervision of a bishop's chancellor, having custody of archives, issuing official enactments, etc
7.  in chancery

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Chancery

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nounWord forms: plural ˈchanceries
1. 
a division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, presided over by the Lord High Chancellor of England
2. 
a court of equity
3. 
the laws, practice, and proceedings of a court of equity; equity
4. 
a court of record; office of public archives
5. 
chancellery (sense 2)
6.  British
the political department, or its offices, of an embassy or legation
7.  Roman Catholic Church
the administrative office of a diocese, under the direction of the bishop

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Chancery

see synonyms of chancery
n. pl. chan·cer·ies
1. Law
a. A court of chancery.
b. The proceedings and practice of a court of chancery; equity.
c. A court of public record; an office of archives.
d. One of the five divisions of the High Court of Justice of Great Britain, presided over by the Lord High Chancellor.
2. The office or department of a chancellor; a chancellery.

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