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Definition of Chancery
1. Noun. A court with jurisdiction in equity.
2. Noun. An office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records.
Generic synonyms: Archive
Definition of Chancery
1. n. 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.
Definition of Chancery
1. a court of public record [n -CERIES]