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chancery Definition

chan·cery (c̸han′sər ē, c̸hän′-)

noun pl. -·cer·ies

  1. a division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, presided over by the Lord High Chancellor of England
  2. a court of equity
  3. the laws, practice, and proceedings of a court of equity; equity
  4. a court of record; office of public archives
  5. chancellery (sense )
  6. Brit. the political department, or its offices, of an embassy or legation
  7. R.C.Ch. the administrative office of a diocese, under the direction of the bishop

Etymology: ME chancerie, var. of chancelerie: see chancellery

chancery Idioms

in chancery

  1. in process of litigation in a court of equity
  2. in an awkward or helpless situation

chancery Usage Examples

Converse of object

include: The main areas of practice include chancery, commercial, crime, employment, housing, family and personal injury.

Adjective modifier

  • royal: The value and the aims of the project The fine rolls were the earliest rolls compiled by the English royal chancery.
  • commercial: It also has a strong construction, financial services, insurance, commercial, commercial chancery and employment practice.
  • other: David Previously practiced as a barrister, specializing in charity cases as well as other chancery and commercial work.

Modifies a noun

  • inn: In mid 16th century attorneys were ordered to leave inns of court and return to chancery inns.
  • practice: His commercial chancery practice extends to the equitable aspects of company law such as minority shareholders ' disputes.
  • roll: Several households of royal officials lay in the Strand, and the chancery rolls were stored in Chancery Lane.
  • proceeding: Such orders may be appropriate in chancery proceedings and there are a number in existence.
  • clerk: King's Hall was a large institution founded by Edward II as a training ground of his chancery clerks.
  • chamber: He was a pupil in chancery chambers in Lincoln's Inn before joining the ICSL in 1979.