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chancery

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chan·cer·y  (chns-r)
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.
[Middle English chancerie, alteration of chancelrie; see chancellery.]
chancery [ˈtʃɑːnsərɪ]
n pl -ceries
1. (Law) Also called Chancery Division (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
2. (Law) Also called court of chancery (in the US) a court of equity
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit the political section or offices of an embassy or legation
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another name for chancellery
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a court of public records; archives
6. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a diocesan office under the supervision of a bishop's chancellor, having custody of archives, issuing official enactments, etc.
in chancery
a.  (Law) Law (of a suit) pending in a court of equity
b.  (Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) Wrestling Boxing (of a competitor's head) locked under an opponent's arm
c.  in an awkward or helpless situation
[shortened from chancellery]
The building upon a diplomatic or consular compound which houses the offices of the chief of mission or principal officer.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chancery - a court with jurisdiction in equity
court of chancery
court, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
2.chancery - an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
archive - a depository containing historical records and documents
Translations
chancery [ˈtʃɑːnsərɪ] N
1. (Brit) (Jur) (also Chancery Division) sala del High Court que se ocupa de causas de derecho privado
ward in chancery pupilo/a bajo la protección del tribunal
2. (US) = chancellery
3. (US) (Jur) (also Court of Chancery) → tribunal m de equidad
Chancery [ˈtʃɑːnsəri] n → cour f de la chancellerie
chancery
n ward in chancery → Mündel nt → in Amtsvormundschaft


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A Chancery judge once had the kindness to inform me, as one of a company of some hundred and fifty men and women not labouring under any suspicions of lunacy, that the Court of Chancery, though the shining subject of much popular prejudice (at which point I thought the judge's eye had a cast in my direction), was almost immaculate.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
She had made a success of her business, and now had an office in Chancery Lane; she did little typing herself, but spent her time correcting the work of the four girls she employed.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
He was never seen on 'Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the "City"; no ships ever came into London docks of which he was the owner; he had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at the Temple, or Lincoln's Inn, or Gray's Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen's Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts.
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