chancery

/ˈtʃænsəri/
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Other forms: chanceries

Definitions of chancery
  1. noun
    an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
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    type of:
    archive
    a depository containing historical records and documents
  2. noun
    a court with jurisdiction in equity
    synonyms: court of chancery
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    type of:
    court, judicature, tribunal
    an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
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