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Chancery Division — [Chancery Division] (also Chancery) (in Britain) the section of the ↑High Court of Justice which deals mainly with commercial cases such as company law, ↑patents ( … Useful english dictionary
Chancery — Chan cer*y, n. [F. chancellerie, LL. cancellaria, from L. cancellarius. See {Chancellor}, and cf. {Chancellery}.] 1. In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chancery — ► NOUN (pl. chanceries) (Chancery or Chancery Division) Law ▪ (in the UK) the Lord Chancellor s court, a division of the High Court of Justice. ORIGIN contraction of CHANCELLERY(Cf. ↑chancellery) … English terms dictionary
Chancery, Court of — ▪ court in England, the court of equity under the lord high chancellor that began to develop in the 15th century to provide remedies not obtainable in the courts of common law. Today, the court comprises the Chancery Division of the High… … Universalium
Chancery — [[t]tʃɑ͟ːnsəri, tʃæ̱ns [/t]] N SING: also in N In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor s court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice … English dictionary
chancery — noun (plural chanceries) 1》 (Chancery or Chancery Division) Law (in the UK) the Lord Chancellor s court, a division of the High Court of Justice. 2》 US a court of equity. ↘equity. 3》 chiefly Brit. an office attached to an embassy or consulate … English new terms dictionary
chancery — noun a) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and… … Wiktionary
chancery — chan·cery / chan sə rē/ n [Middle English chauncery, alteration of chancellerie chancellor s office] 1 cap: the court having equity jurisdiction in England and Wales and presided over by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ◇ Formerly a separate… … Law dictionary
Chancery Hill Historic District — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
chancery — [chan′sər ē, chän′sər ē] n. pl. chanceries [ME chancerie, var. of chancelerie: see CHANCELLERY] 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 … English World dictionary
