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11chancery — ► 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) …
12Chancery 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 ( …
13chancery court — n. 1 The traditional name for a court of equity. 2 Equity or proceedings administered in courts of equity. Also called court of chancery. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
14chancery — [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 …
15Chancery Office — noun In Scotland, an office in the General Register House at Edinburgh, managed by a director, in which all royal charters of novodamus, patents of dignities, gifts of offices, remissions, legitimations, presentations, commissions, and other… …
16Chancery, Diocesan — • That branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government of a diocese Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …
17Chancery documents — *Chancery s records were recorded on *Charter Rolls, *Close Rolls, and *Letters Patent Rolls. In effect these rolls became the archive where copies of royal letters and writs were kept, a kind of public records office …
18chancery — (n.) late 14c., court of the Lord Chancellor of England, contracted from chancellery (c.1300), from O.Fr. chancelerie (12c.), from M.L. cancellaria (see CHANCELLOR (Cf. chancellor)). In England, the highest court of judicature next to the House… …
19Chancery of Apostolic Briefs — The Chancery of Apostolic Briefs (also known as the Papal, Apostolic or Roman Chanc(ell)ery), is a former office of the Roman Curia, merged into the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs by Pope Pius X on June 29, 1908 with the… …
20Chancery hand — English chancery hand. Facsimile letter from Henry V of England, 1418 …
