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31Chancery — [[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 …
32chancery — 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 …
33chancery — See court of chancery; equity; master in chancery …
34chancery — n. (pl. ies) 1 Law (Chancery) the Lord Chancellor s court, a division of the High Court of Justice. 2 hist. the records office of an order of knighthood. 3 hist. the court of a bishop s chancellor. 4 an office attached to an embassy or consulate …
35Chancery Division — (also Chancery) (in Britain) the section of the High Court of Justice which deals mainly with commercial cases such as company law, patents (= official documents that give people the right to make, use or sell an invention, and stop other people… …
36chancery — 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… …
37Chancery, court of — The *chancellor began to hear pleas for legal redress which other courts could not deal with during the 14c, such as those against king s officers or the king himself. Its procedures were relatively informal and the chancellor was able to make… …
38chancery — chan|cer|y [ tʃænsəri ] noun singular 1. ) LEGAL the part of law or a court of law that considers fairness and not just existing laws when making decisions 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH a government office where official documents are kept 3. ) Chancery a… …
39chancery — Канчелляреска (Chancery) Итал. Cancellaresca – канцелярское письмо. Разновидность письма, применявшегося в папской канцелярии в Риме и в канцеляриях других европейских дворов в эпоху Ренессанс. Выполнялось ширококонечным пером (formal… …
40Chancery — From the late 10th century, the English office responsible for writing the king s charters, writs and letters. In the late 12th century, under Hubert Walter, archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England, the office began recording letters… …
