Definition of Chancery

1. Noun. A court with jurisdiction in equity.

Exact synonyms: Court Of Chancery
Generic synonyms: Court, Judicature, Tribunal

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]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chancery

chancel
chancelleries
chancellery
chancellor
chancellories
chancellors
chancellorship
chancellorships
Chancellorsville
chancellory
Chancellor of the Exchequer
chancels
chancer
chanceries
chancers
chancery (current term)
chances
chancey
chance event
chance fracture
chance on
chance upon
chance variable
chancier
chanciest
chancily
chanciness
chancinesses
chancing
chancre

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