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chancery
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
chan·cer·y
/ ˈchans(ə)rē/
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n.
(pl. -cer·ies)
1.
a court of equity.
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equity.
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hist.
the court of a bishop's chancellor.
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(Chancery) Brit. Law
the Lord Chancellor's court, a division of the High Court of Justice.
2.
(in the Roman Catholic Church) the office of a diocese.
3. chiefly Brit.
an office attached to an embassy or consulate.
4.
a public records office.
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