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Court of Exchequer

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Court of Exchequer
n.
A former superior court in Great Britain dealing with matters of revenue, now merged with the King's or Queen's Bench.

Court of Exchequer
n
(Law) (formerly) an English civil court where Crown revenue cases were tried Also called Exchequer


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If the minister enjoys the royal favor when he falls, or still has parliamentary hopes, he takes his secretary with him into retirement only to bring him back on his return; otherwise he puts him to grass in some of the various administrative pastures,--for instance, in the Court of Exchequer, that wayside refuge where private secretaries wait for the storm to blow over.
 
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