Chancery

What do we mean by chancery?

A court of chancery. noun

The proceedings and practice of a court of chancery; equity. noun

A court of public record; an office of archives. noun

One of the five divisions of the High Court of Justice of Great Britain, presided over by the Lord High Chancellor. noun

The office or department of a chancellor; a chancellery. noun

Originally, the office of a chancellor, notary, or secretary, where the records were kept and official documents were prepared, sealed, and despatched. noun

In England, formerly, the highest court of justice next to Parliament, presided over by the lord chancellor, but since 1873 a division of the High Court of Justice noun

In Scotland, an office in the general register-house at Edinburgh, in which are recorded charters, patents of dignities, gifts of office, remissions, legitimations, and all other writs appointed to pass the great or the quarter seal. Also chancellery. noun

In the United States, a court of equity. See equity. noun

In pugilism, the position of a boxer's head when it is under his adversary's arm, so that it may be held and pommeled severely, the victim meanwhile being unable to retaliate effectively: in the phrase in chancery. noun

In an awkward predicament. noun

See 5, above. noun

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 now exercises jurisdiction only in equity. noun

In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity. noun

See under Inn. noun

To get the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will; hence, to have wholly in One's power. The allusion is to the condition of a person involved in the chancery court, where he was helpless, while the lawyers lived upon his estate. noun

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 now exercises jurisdiction only in equity. noun

In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity. noun

The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy. noun

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 now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.

In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.

The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy.

The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese.

In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents.

The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.

Any awkward predicament.

Words that are spelled similarly to chancery:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word chancery:
knighthood, briefs, inns, precedence, probate, palatine, counsellor, exchequer, writ, equitable, chancellor, pleas, barrister, lane, equity, rolls, inn, embassy, injunction, privy, appellate, customary, courts, clerk, court, apostolic, counsel, keeper, bench, jurisdiction, ecclesiastical, lancaster, archdiocese, seal, papal, abolished, admiralty, appeal, judge, orders, judges, judicial, proceedings, appeals, lord, tribunal, damages, decree, matters, durham, delaware, lords, lawyers, westminster, diocese, justice, estates, bar, documents, judgment, residence, petition, cases, division, diplomatic, chambers, archives, supreme, ambassador, appointed, superior, suit, hear, cathedral, commissioner, nicholas, bishop, ireland, office, circuit, commons, law, procedure, sir, master, archbishop, attorney, appointment.

Words that rhyme with chancery:
answer e, answer he, cancer he, dancer he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe chancery:
papal, royal, imperial, english, roman, own, diocesan, german, secret, ducal, private, florentine, french, episcopal, military, separate, irish, hungarian, federal, apostolic, italian, austrian, pontifical, master, medieval, apostolical, byzantine, ottoman, privy, venetian, archdiocesan, merovingian, presidential, provincial, official, diplomatic, grand, patriarchal, turkish, carolingian, danish, non, century, vice, russian, lithuanian, milanese, hittite, egyptian, far, communal, hanoverian, swedish, fatimid, scottish, princely, insulting, frankish, bohemian, ecclesiastical, cantonal, sicilian, archiepiscopal, aragonese, mediaeval, persian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective chancery:
division, jurisdiction, suit, court, suits, courts, lane, palatine, president, reports, proceedings, practice, clerk, clerks, see, reform, way, house, hand, bill, stroke, act, office, sweepers, reforms, warrants, script, mortem, director, doth, bar, paper, reporters, sale, library, delays, rich, sitting, english, records.

Consonant match to chancery:
chancier.

Words that sound like chancery:
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