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chancery

 
Dictionary: chan·cer·y   (chăn'sə-rē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ies.
  1. Law.
    1. A court of chancery.
    2. The proceedings and practice of a court of chancery; equity.
    3. A court of public record; an office of archives.
    4. One of the five divisions of the High Court of Justice of Great Britain, presided over by the Lord High Chancellor.
  2. The office or department of a chancellor; a chancellery.

[Middle English chancerie, alteration of chancelrie. See chancellery.]


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Court of public record and archive of state documents. The chancery system of the Roman Empire served as the model for the royal chanceries of medieval France and Germany. Medieval royal chanceries were headed by archchancellors and chancellors, who oversaw the work of scribes and notaries and sometimes served as advisers to the monarch.

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Jurisprudence that is exercised in a court of equity. See also Equity.

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A building or suite of rooms designed to house any of the following: a lawcourt with special functions, archives, a secretariat, a chancellery.


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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The old English court in which the monarch's secretary, or Chancellor, began hearing lawsuits during the fourteenth century.

The decisions rendered there were based on conscience and fairness rather than on the strict common-law forms of action. In the United States, courts like the old chancery have been called courts of chancery or courts of equity.

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(DOD) The building upon a diplomatic or consular compound which houses the offices of the chief of mission or principal officer.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kanslerret, kancelli, arkiv

Nederlands (Dutch)
kanselarij, civiele afdeling van hooggerechtshof, rechtbank voor 'equity'-zaken

Français (French)
n. - (GB, Jur) cour de la chancellerie, (US, Jur) cour d'équité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kanzlei, Gerichtshof, (jur.) Billigkeitsrecht/-gericht, Archiv

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ.) τμήμα του Ανώτατου Δικαστηρίου

Italiano (Italian)
cancelleria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tribunal (m) de justiça, chancelaria (f), tribunal (m) supremo

Русский (Russian)
канцелярия

Español (Spanish)
n. - cancillería

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kanslersrätt, statsarkiv

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
大法官法庭

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大法官法庭

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 형평법 재판소, 대법관청

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 衡平法裁判所, 大法官庁, 公文書保管庁, 公文書保管所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شعبه في المحكمه العليا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית משפט גבוה לצדק, גנזך‬


 
 

 

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