chanceries

Noun

chancery (countable and uncountable, plural chanceries)

1. (historical) 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
2. (US) A court of equity; equity; a proceeding in equity.

   Synonyms:

   chancery court

3. The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy.
   • The territorial expansion of the United States thus caused no great political stir in the chanceries of Europe.1975, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital. 1848-1875, published 1995, page 165
4. The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese.
5. (historical) In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents.
6. (slang) The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
   • The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed.1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC

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