Definition of
Chancery
- (noun, group) a court with jurisdiction in equity
- (noun, artifact) an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
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Synonyms of Chancery
Alternate forms of Chancery
Hypernyms: archive, court, judicature, tribunal
Origin of the word Chancery
- late 14c., "court of the Lord Chancellor of England," from O.Fr. chauncelerie, from M.L. cancellaria (see chancellor). In England, the highest court of judicature next to the House of Lords until the act of 1873. more
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