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Chancery [fr. Cancelli, lattice-work, Lat.; chancellerie, Fr.]. the Court of Chancery, which administered equity (see that title) so far as distinct from law, was the highest court of judicature in this kingdom next to Parliament.Its powers and jurisdiction were in 1875 transferred to (I.) The High Court of Justice, and (II.) The Court of Appeal [(English) Jud. Act, 1873, ss. 16-18].(I) There is by the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, replaced by the English Judicature Act, 1925, s. 4, a Division of the High Court of Justice called the Chancery Division. To this Division are assigned (1) matters in which the court of Chancery had exclusive statutory jurisdiction (except County Court appeals), of these, the jurisdiction under the (English) Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853-1869, is practically the only portion nw remaining, the other jurisdictions having become exercisable under subsequent legislation. (Note: a. P. 1934, p. 2374), and (2) causes and matters for the administration of estates o...
chancery
chancery [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 Britain NOTE: Formerly a separate court, the Chancery is now a division of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England. 2 a : court of equity [cases decided in ] b : the principles and practice of judicial equity [court of ] see also equity compare law NOTE: There are chancery courts in Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Tennessee. ...
Chancery Court of Lancaster
Chancery Court of Lancaster. By Royal Charter and by Statute, a court conferred on the County Palatine of Lancaster, having the same and concurrent jurisdiction within its are as the Chancery Division of the High Court, see (English) Chancery of Lancaster Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 23); appeals to the Court of Appeal [ (English) Judic. Act, 1925, s. 28]. The Court is presided over by a Vice-Chancellor appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine....
Inns of Chancery
Inns of Chancery, so called because anciently inhab-ited by such clerks as chiefly studied the framing of writs, which regularly belonged to the cursitors, who were officers of the Court of Chancery. There were nine of them-Clement's, Clifford's, Lyon's, Furnival's, Thavies', Symond's, New Inn, and Barnard's and Staple Inn. These were formerly pre-paratory colleges for students, and many entered them before they were admitted into the Inns of Court. See 3 Rep., Pref., p. 18; Report of Royal Commission, 1855.The Inns of Court from time to time agree on certain 'Consolidated Regulations,' as to the admission of students, the mode of keeping terms, the education and examination of students, the calling of stu-dents to the Bar, and the taking out of certificates to practice under the Bar. These Regulations, a copy of which can be obtained on application to any one of the Inns, contain full information as to the steps necessary to be taken in order to being called to the Bar. See BENCHERS; ...
Masters in Chancery
Masters in Chancery, or Masters in Ordinary in Chancery (so called to distinguish them from Masters Extraordinary (supra)), were officers of the High Court in Chancery whose duties varied at different periods, being both judicial and ministerial. Abolished by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80. See MASTER OF THE ROLLS....
Rolls Office of the Chancery
Rolls Office of the Chancery, an office in Chancery Lane, London, which contained rolls and records of the High Court of Chancery.This house or office was anciently called Domus Conversorum, as being appointed by King Henry III. for the use of converted Jews, but their irregularities occasioned King Edward II. to expel them thence, upon which the place was deputed for the custody of the rolls...
master in chancery
master in chancery :a master in a court of equity NOTE: Since courts of law and equity have been merged in the federal and most state systems, the master in chancery has been replaced by the master. ...
Chancery Amendment Act
Chancery Amendment Act, 1958 (English) (21 & 22 Vict. c. 27 ('Cairns's Act'), giving the Court either in addition to or in substitution for specific performance, and to try questions of fact or to have damages assessed by a jury before the Court itself; repealed by the same Act as the Chancery Regulation Act, 1862 (see below), and for the same reason....
Chancery Court of the County Palatine of Durham
Chancery Court of the County Palatine of Durham. A Court possessing an unlimited jurisdiction of the Chancery Division and concurrent with it, within the area of the County Palatine of Durham. Appeals lie to the Court of Appeal, see (English) Palatine Court of Durham Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 47), and Judic. Act, 1925, s. 28 (as to appeals). The Chancellor, appointed by Royal Warrant, is the sole Judge of the Court....
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. See (English) Great Seal (Offices) Act, 1881 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 81), s. 8, by which this officer performs the duties of clerk of the hanaper (see HANAPER) and receives ballot papers, etc., after a parliamentary election from the returning officers under Rule 38 of Schedule I. of (English) the Ballot Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 33).The head of the permanent staff of the crown office in chancery responsible for reading the titles of bills in the house of lords, sending out writs of summons to peers, and issuing election writs, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
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