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chancery Definition


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chancery
noun chanceries
    1. A division of the High Court of Justice.
      Form: Chancery (also)
    2. A record office containing public archives.
    3. A chancellery.
Idiom: in chancery
    Said of a legal case: being heard in a court of chancery.
    In the charge of a Lord Chancellor.
    In an awkward or difficult situation.
Etymology: 14c: a shortened form of chancellery.



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