n. a court that can order acts performed. Today chancery courts a...

n. ~ 1. An office of public records; an archives. - 2. Law · A court of equity.

late 14c., "court of the Lord Chancellor of England," contracted from chancellery (c. 1300), from Old French chancelerie (12c.), from Medieval Latin cancellaria (see chancellor).

A court of equity, in which a judge can order acts performed, such as that a contract be modified or an activity stopped. The chancery court's functions are distinct from those of common law cour [..]

a court of public affairs, a division of court of justice

n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

Historically, a court of record or office of public archives (see this modern example). In law, a court of equity and its laws, practices, and proceedings (example). See also: Chancery rolls and chanc [..]

[Middle English chauncery, alteration of chancellerie chancellor's office] 1 cap : the court having equity jurisdiction in England and Wales and presided over by the Lord Chancellor of Great Brit [..]

Part of the king's household and responsible for writing his writs and other instruments of government.    (Sayles, George O. The King's Parliament of England, 144)

The office where the chief of mission and his staff work. This office is often called the embassy but this is a misnomer. Technically, the embassy is where the ambassador lives, not where he works, al [..]

An important position in British embassies not found in American diplomatic establishments. An officer, usually head of the political section, charged with coordinating the substantive and administrat [..]

Pursuant to 22 USCS § 4302 (2) [Title 22. Foreign Relations and Intercourse; Chapter 53. Authorities Relating to the Regulation of Foreign Missions], the term chancery means the principal offices of a [..]

Chancery is a division of the High Court that deals in the administration of wills, probate and the execution of trusts.

(n) a court with jurisdiction in equity(n) an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records

English court of equity law, merged with common law courts in 1873. Dickens pointed out the absurdity of chancery cases in Bleak House

another term for equity.